And we're home.

[spookyevilone]

Long, long drive and resulting logistics juggling that resulted in us driving back with two of the climbers instead of the one climber we thought we'd be coming back with. Which worked out better, because they wanted to tourist as well, so yay :)

Highlights:
A Terminator walking a T-rex through a field.
Bison sitting behind a cutout of a wagon being chased by injuns.
An ipod charger for $4 at a store in Wall, SD - across the street from the vomitous mass that is Wall Drug. No, I did NOT get a bumper sticker.
A lynx investigating a deer carcass on the side of the road.
Prairie dogs galore!
Space Rock.
That Guy successfully contacting the Mothership with a new climber who's never done the summit before.
Lots and lots of reading on the ipod touch. Damn, that thing is so worth it as an ebook reader. Kindle, eat your motherf'ing heart out. I got a LOT of use out of it.
That Guy climbing in the Needles while I read and napped.
Dead Presidents.
Crazy Horse.
Wind Cave. We wanted to do Jewel Cave, but all tours were sold out.
Four Mile - ghost town.
Badlands.
Long, LONG, boring drive home through shitty weather.

I did most of the driving. I am now sick of the inside of my car.

Of the bad: My electricity is off. Got home to find out Oliver is an UnCat.
Of the good: Bitchy!Paralegal put in her 2 weeks notice.

Comments

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Prairie dogs galore!

None mean, all keen!

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

Prairie dogs carry PLAGUE!!

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

But that's not what the Prairie Dog Town signs say... ;-)

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

No, that's what the signs into the Badlands say :) I cracked up, after all the Prairie Dog Town signs promoting them as cute, cuddly little muffins. Bubonic plague! It's fun for the whole family!

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

E never wants to drive through the Badlands. He's a terrible spoilsport.

Should it bother me that I've got a large number of the signs along I-90 between I-35 to Rapid City memorized?

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

I never want to drive through them again. All those fossils and all those signs saying "YOU CAN NOT HAS!" Also, it looked like a post-apocolyptic, blasted land. Creepy. And not in a good way.

It should bother you, yes :) I had them memorized and kept quoting them all weekend, but thankfully they're starting to fade.

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

i've been wanting to see the Crazy Horse monument for a while now - i did a book report on him as a kid, and thought he was the Most Awesome Guy Ever. is the monument done? i was under the impression it was going to take a while to complete.

-bs

sounds like a nice trip

[erehwesle-fox.livejournal.com]

I've got a bit of the Envy, as it has been too long since I've been out climbing.

I'm going to try to sneak out to the gunks http://www.gunks.com/ in about a month, though, wish me luck! There's a 5.10 line I've got a history with, and this time, we're gonna do it right!

Re: sounds like a nice trip

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

That Guy and a group of climbers go out to the Gunks every year. I'm not sure when their next trip is. There are pictures of him standing on a tiny little lip of rock .. hanging over nothing. *shudder*

Re: sounds like a nice trip

[erehwesle-fox.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's the Gunks, a lot of hanging over nothing.

I already like TG, and by proxy his friends!

Envy! still. Much.

Re: sounds like a nice trip

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

Eh, most of his friends are assholes ;)

jackassery

[erehwesle-fox.livejournal.com]

crap, I'm kind of an asshole(try hard not to be) But thanks for the heads up.