Gary.....The first day of the trip with no rain. Now it hasn't poured every day but it has, in one way or another, at one time or another, rained but everyone has dealt with it well.

I was hoping to see a few buffalo on this trip, but I wasn't expecting to see them a few feet away! We were stopped on a two lane road and there were several buffalo at the edge of the pavement of the other lane....they were about 12 feet away!!!! There were a lot of calves so I was hoping I wouldn't get between a mom and calf but they all seemed very calm around the cars. We saw a few herds with 70 or 80 animals...it's hard to imagine a herd described by a hunter in the 1800's as " 20 miles wide and unknown how long, like a black cloud moving over the plains."

The Crazy Horse monument is impressive by itself, but what amazes me more is the fact that the sculptor had been working on it for 40 years and knew he'd never see it finished and now 7 of his 10 kids are working on it and it's probable that THEY won't see it finished!!!!! I have a hard time imagining working on something that I won't see finished. I remember reading about this in a magazine in the 60's.

We have driven about 2500 trouble free miles with three 60 +/- year old cars. I am truly amazed by their reliability. We added a fourth today but it will likely be as reliable as the rest. Sure, they leak a little in the rain but the smiles and waves we get along the way make up for that. I have a little maintenance to do tomorrow(repair a tailpipe mount and replace a radio fuse) and then we're on our way to the last third of the trip. We have an easy day tomorrow but the next two will be about 350 miles each.

The time is flying by................