Slow start

We did not get away from Sedalia until after 1 PM on Thursday and then we had to make a stop in Kansas City before heading north. We drove thru Iowa to Sioux Falls, SD where we spent the night in a Walmart parking lot. On the road by 8 AM, we headed across SD towards Rapid City where we turned north again. As long as we were driving by SD's major attractions it was necessary to stop for a look at the Corn Palace and the Wall Drug Store.

At Rapid City our route took us north thru a corner of Wyoming and up to Billings where we spent the night at a Cabella's parking lot. John spent 30 minutes this morning visiting with our neighbor who had a system installed in his coach that purifies his black water into potable water. He said it is the same system used by NASA in the space program. Of course, we had to shop at Cabella's before we could leave town. That put us on the road late so we only got as far as Shelby, MT which is about 80 miles north of Great Falls, MT and 40 miles south of the Canadian border.

The weather has been TERRIBLE! No warmer than 62 and as cold as 42 with rain and wind most of the days. We even had to ford a river on the highway twice. If is snows on us, we are coming home!