Trip to Chicago from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
We went in one of the largest caves in the world, and had the complete tour. Pretty interesting. They told a story of the first person to discover the cave, he discovered it as a child, and would tie a string at the top, and wander down into this cave, holding the ball of string so he wouldn't get lost, and spend hours and hours down in this cave, exploring, but all without light. The people who explore the new tunnels said they still find long pieces of string leading down tunnels they haven't yet gone down.
Oh, the cave also has some sort of vacuum, which sucks air in as well as blows it out. The park ranger held a ribbon over this hole, and the wind coming out blew the ribbon.
Ohhh yaaa..
This Caddy was out in the parking lot.
We drove out to see Mount Rushmore, only to find they had it set up like airport security. You had to drive through a huge security zone, and pay a fee just to park in the parking lot and look at it. So I pulled over in the 'Do Not Pull Over' zone and took a quick picture.
We got a kick out of some of the gas station names ..
We camped out in a small town for the night, (sorry, again can't remember the name), and couldn't find a good place to park, so Evelyn drove us down a dirt road which she thought led to a field. Well, there was a field, but it was behind barbed wire, so I suggested we just sleep in the car. Ya great idea Mike .. somehow I got shafted to the drivers seat, in a Toyota Yaris (Evelyn's car). Talk about a horrible sleep.
Anyways, the best part!
While falling asleep, I notice a person with a dog walking towards the car, so I'm thinking 'OK, someone doesn't want us here,' so I get out to see what the issue is. A lady walks up with a growling Doberman, and I asked if she wants us to leave, and she said 'Oh, no no, I just wanted to warn you of a guy who sometimes comes down this way. He.. well.. he likes to molest animals, and he has a liking toward that white horse there.' (Points towards a stable in the field) 'and he also was arrested for f*cking his bull in the arse' .. Oh ya? Great place to camp out for the night :) Luckily the animal molester didn't come by.
Anyways, there were some cars in the field, oh and I think I have a picture of the poor white horse.
We went to Wall Drug, but it was ridiculous. I couldn't even get a Ginger Ale, they didn't know what it even was, let alone any kind of ibuprofin. So much for a drug store, more like an over populated over priced gift shop full of useless crap.
We went in one of the largest caves in the world, and had the complete tour. Pretty interesting. They told a story of the first person to discover the cave, he discovered it as a child, and would tie a string at the top, and wander down into this cave, holding the ball of string so he wouldn't get lost, and spend hours and hours down in this cave, exploring, but all without light. The people who explore the new tunnels said they still find long pieces of string leading down tunnels they haven't yet gone down.
Oh, the cave also has some sort of vacuum, which sucks air in as well as blows it out. The park ranger held a ribbon over this hole, and the wind coming out blew the ribbon.
Ohhh yaaa..
This Caddy was out in the parking lot.
We drove out to see Mount Rushmore, only to find they had it set up like airport security. You had to drive through a huge security zone, and pay a fee just to park in the parking lot and look at it. So I pulled over in the 'Do Not Pull Over' zone and took a quick picture.
We got a kick out of some of the gas station names ..
We camped out in a small town for the night, (sorry, again can't remember the name), and couldn't find a good place to park, so Evelyn drove us down a dirt road which she thought led to a field. Well, there was a field, but it was behind barbed wire, so I suggested we just sleep in the car. Ya great idea Mike .. somehow I got shafted to the drivers seat, in a Toyota Yaris (Evelyn's car). Talk about a horrible sleep.
Anyways, the best part!
While falling asleep, I notice a person with a dog walking towards the car, so I'm thinking 'OK, someone doesn't want us here,' so I get out to see what the issue is. A lady walks up with a growling Doberman, and I asked if she wants us to leave, and she said 'Oh, no no, I just wanted to warn you of a guy who sometimes comes down this way. He.. well.. he likes to molest animals, and he has a liking toward that white horse there.' (Points towards a stable in the field) 'and he also was arrested for f*cking his bull in the arse' .. Oh ya? Great place to camp out for the night :) Luckily the animal molester didn't come by.
Anyways, there were some cars in the field, oh and I think I have a picture of the poor white horse.
We went to Wall Drug, but it was ridiculous. I couldn't even get a Ginger Ale, they didn't know what it even was, let alone any kind of ibuprofin. So much for a drug store, more like an over populated over priced gift shop full of useless crap.
