The drive across South Dakota

On our last evening at Custer State Park we drove the wildlife loop. We finally saw a mountain goat and she had her baby nearby! There were many pronghorn grazing- our best views of those on the trip too. Several bison were munching on grasses near the road. They were the only animals close enough to get a good iPad pic :) But we shot a few photos nonetheless :)

Pronghorn grazing. In the foreground is the male. He is amazingly aggressive at rounding up his females if they stay too far!

This morning, on our way east, we stopped in Wall, SD for breakfast at the Cactus Cafe Lounge. Wall is a famed road trip pit stop- the drugstore which opened in 1931 still serves five cent coffee and homemade donuts. It's the "South of the Border" of the north :)

And we thought the corn capital of the US was Nebraska! Apparently not! It's Mitchell SD. This is Corn Palace built in 1892. Every year it's exterior is decorated with the year's bounty in agricultural products, such as rye bushels, oak heads, sour dock and of course corn. 275 thousands ears are sawed in half lengthwise and nailed to the building. Whatever floats your boat!

  The mighty Missouri! We crossed it into Central time this afternoon :))

A few Corn Palace exhibits...anything to break up the drive. South Dakota is big!