Well, I have recovered from our weeklong trip to visit Cole at the Hudson-Meng bone bed. It was a good visit. We have a better idea of what he has been up to out there. I have not seen so many old bones since my last back MRI.
We did get a chance to revisit Mount Rushmore. I must say, it sure has grown in popularity. Keystone was sure a hopping tourist town.
We also visited Wind Cave. We took the long tour. My back did not thank me for that decision. It was cool, literally. A constant 53 degrees had me wearing a light jacket. Joyce, of course, with her northern Minnesota thick blood, felt very comfortable.
It was not always easy to navigate. We had to keep warning the people behind us to watch their heads so they would not get bonked.
It was a different rock structure as well. There were no stalagmites or stalactites. It is a dry environment.
Passing over all the cattle barriers finally took its toll on one of our tires. Otherwise, we had no driving problems. That is if you don’t count me blindly following my gps to a private property dead end. I guess I would consider that my problem. But don’t let Joyce know it was my problem. She may want me to use it less.
