Day 3: We made it to South Dakota!
August 02, 2008
Yesterday was another long, hard day of driving. Not for me, mind you, but I’m the front seat support person, checking exits and miles and retrieving water and cell phones and just trying to keep the driver happy.
Yesterday’s pledge to “shut up until we get to Sturgis” went pretty well but the husband’s mood was greatly lifted by the fact that all things trailer are functioning at 100 percent. The man is happy.
Our last fuel stop was around 10 last night near Sin City, Iowa. (That’s Sioux City; see previous post.) We decided to go ahead and eat something at the little truck stop diner as well. The husband had something called a pork fritter and I had a cheeseburger. I can’t recall what William and Richard had. We topped it off with cherry pie a la mode. Regrouped and ready to drive another hundred miles.
The truck stop had all these cheesy trinkets that truck stops often carry. Shot glasses that say “Iowa.“ Little die-cast semi trucks. Little school buses with monster tires. Big ceramic looking knives with Indian faces. Wolves and dream catchers. And then there was the fiber optic Angel with moving pink wings atop a unicorn. $29.99.
“Why is it fiber optic?“ William asked. “So they can see it in China?“
I asked Richard if he had a wedding anniversary coming up. I reminded me that I did.
One dude came up and bought a semi-cab replica with flames down the side. He cradled it in his arms like something holy.
What is funny about all of this is that ALL these items were displayed in three huge LOCKED glass cases. That’s right, can’t have just everybody touchin’ these treasures.
We crossed into South Dakota around 11:30ish. Drove a bit further—not a lot of exits out here, folks—and thank God Motel 6 left the light on in their last two rooms! More on that later. We’re packin’ up to go.
Sturgis: 390 miles
