Destination for this evening was Rapid City, South Dakota. Sometimes it takes a while to find the destination. We pulled out of Pipestone fairly early and headed out for Sioux Falls to catch a glimpse of the falls there even though I was no that impressed the last time. Wow! With the 17 inches of rain this summer and a heavy rain the night before, the falls were running fast and high. Where I sat two years ago was covered by at least 4 feet of rushing water. Beautiful! …on the road again toward the Badlands. There is a scenic loop which would only take an hour or less. Grass was growing in some areas because of the rainfall and we enjoyed the drive. Some of the spires reminded us of places in Zion but with a change of colors. Zion is more vivid. All do not think it is beautiful but I let my imagination go to the mysteries of the bad guys of the past with horses hidden within the natural corrals. Interesting person of the day was my new friend Robby from New York by way of Florida. He was on vacation on his way to Sturgis to experience a couple of days as a biker. He asked if I would take a picture for him. I got one of him also which I will share later. He was a nice young man just out for a ride in places he had never been. After the loop we hit the world famous Wall Drug Store in Wall, SD. Okay, I can now say I have been there since it became so famous. For me it is a lot of junk and I do not have to go back. Seems like it took us forever to get to the KOA at Rushmore but we made it. Our neighbor is a cousin of Melanie Crowhurst of Hempstead and Carol Fry of Bellville. He and his wife are from Livingston. We hurried to the evening ceremony at Mt. Rushmore. It was just wonderful as it was 11 years ago. A group of Boy Scouts did the flag ceremony and pledge. At the end the ranger asked all Veterans to come to the stage. We honored them with cheers and applause. He specifically asked the Vietnam Vets to step forward as they did not receive their accolades when returning from war…. Lovely and heartwarming. We are back in the campgrounds for a shower and bed. Pancakes at the KOA in the morning. Yeah! Then it will be a day at Sioux ~ Pine Ridge Pow Wow. Now that will be a treat for me.