Deadwood to Sioux Falls

Miles: 392

Car Hours: 7

Miles per gallon: 33.64 and 31.648

Pit Stops: Rapid City and Mitchell

Time Zones: Mountain to Central

Old Lady Moment of the Day: I now have to use my pack pillow for lumbar support. Seriously.

Audio Book Completed: John Adams by McCullough. Which was awesome!

Audio Books Purchased: A Lot. But they keep me awake much more effectively than the music. Also, they are very edumacational.

Important Graves Visited: 0. Mt. Moriah Cemetery was closed! And I really, really wanted to see Calamity Jane's grave. She does not get enough respect. Like Anne Bonny and Mary Read, outlaw women everywhere get shafted. Calamity Jane needs a RESPECT macro.

Best Proper Noun: Cactus Flats. Which I got a kick out of, particularly, because of the Foxtrot compilation Say Hello to Cactus Flats.

American Landmark: De Smet, South Dakota. Where Laura Ingalls and her husband Almanzo Wilder courted and married.

Uncomfortable Revelation of the Week: Nellie Oleson was just a cover for other Little House villains! Did you know about this? There was one more than one catty bitch in the Wild West. And they all got morphed into Nellie Oleson. I feel cheated! Shut up, Graham.* I can hear you rolling your eyes from South Dakota.

I'm beginning to suspect that tomorrow's visit to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum could be traumatic. That being said, I'm totally buying myself a bonnet. Oh yeah. I am.

*The name has been changed to protect my very best friend who is not innocent at all, really.