Okay, so the Rainbow Motel's continental breakfast turned out to be donuts and coffee.
Not a bad little place, all in all. Beds are pretty comfortable, and it's quiet.
On the road again.
Let me tell you a quick something about me and this truck. I am six feet two inches tall and around 200 lbs, depending on what day you weigh me on. Lately I've pretty consistently been between 200 and 205. Mostly legs.
The truck that I rented from budget has a seat that is scooted almost all the way forward and cannot be scooted back, because if you do scoot it back, it runs into the front wall of the cargo unit. The upshot? Cramped legs.
After a couple of hours on the road today, the combination of cramped legs, squinting into the sun for several hours and a long road with no change of scenery or of speed limit or even any CURVES for hours on end started taking its toll and I started nodding off.
I HATE when that happens.
So finally, when I reached a rest stop, I got out and did a couple laps around the truck. This seems to have done the trick, and made the rest of the drive okay.
We made it to Rapid City, SD and got checked into our hotel by about six. Debated going to Wall Drug or one of the monuments tonight, but decided to just eat and rest and do them tomorrow.
My plan is to do that stuff tomorrow, then drive for five or six hours before getting off the road for the night. Then, on Thursday, home after about nine and a half hour's driving time (really ten hours or so on the road).
Our hotel tonight is the Foothills Inn for the amazing price of $39 for one night. Seems pretty nice. They have the standard continental breakfast, but they also gave us coupons for free sausage egg and cheese sandwiches for breakfast, so that'll be cool.
Tomorrow – Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and possibly Wall Drug.
Peace.
Rev. Randal
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