Off the trail

Today's organizing principle was the world cup final - where could we situate ourselves to hear/watch it

That meant we had to kill time to be on the road to listen to it on the radio. Then with any luck we could catch some of it in a bar/restaurant.

Luck had it. A long drive to the Yankton Sioux museum and then west to the Black Hills gave us the time we needed. Passing by the Badlands we decided on a detour drive and it was well worth it. Imposing geology and geography. And the world cup final started while we were
there.

Our arrogance led us to expect that no one in Rapid City South Dakota would be watching the game. We saw a sign for the Firehouse Brewery and headed there. Wrong. We joined a big crowd and saw the second half and the overtimes. Spain won; most were rooting for the Dutch but were happy for Spain

Them drove to and walked around Mt Rushmore. Impressive - 14 years and 400 men to carve. Our pyramids

We were unsure about camping because of the crowds and threatening weather bit we found a national park site and set up. And then it poured and turned miserable. Then it stopped and we started a fire. A cold night.

Off the Lewis and Clark trail day. Tomorrow, a day to back track and head to ND.