We are almost done….
Wednesday morning, September 28, we got up and heard that a mountain goat had been seen atop that big mountain across the road from our motel. Guess that was something really big to rave about. We left about 9 a.m. and saw donkeys as we were heading toward Cody. We went through Cody and then bought two days of groceries at Graybull. We drove the rest of the way through Wyoming. It was pretty country. We got into South Dakota about 3 p.m. Along the way, we saw a cowboy and his stock. Just like in the westerns. We drove to the Black Hills Country. We saw buffalo and deer in Custer State Park. We took pictures of them. The we saw a calf buffalo and one big herd. We couldn’t believe our eyes. We got to Mt. Rushmore at 6 p.m. and saw the scuptures through the telescope. It was kind of dark. We went throug the gift shop which supposedly closes at 6 p.m. and bought some postcards. We drove to Rapid City where I took over the wheel and drove to Murdo. We spent the night at the Zorat Motel.
Thursday, September 29, we took off at 6:45 a.m. as we wanted to make it home tonight. Drove through the rest of South Dakota, into Minnesota and Wisconsin. In Minnesota and Wisconsin somewhere I drove quite a ways in the dark and on winding roads. I know I had help in driving that car because curves came upon me out of nowhere and soon a two-way road would turn into an expressway. But Jim needed his rest so he could take over in Chicago. We got into Battle Creek about 2 a.m. Friday morning.
We got up at Jim’s mothers. We went to Linda’s to get my clothes, shower gifts, etc. Sister Kader’s visiting teachers, Sister Ellis and Sister Watson came and gave us all the September lesson. Sister Ellis gave me her pie crust recipe. That night Jim and I were blind-folded and taken into a car and driven to a home. They didn’t take the blinds off us until we were in the house. Sister Ramussen had a going-away party for us. It was real nice. Linda Kershner and Bob Harrison and Brother Hammer had come after us and blindfolded us. Sister Rasmussen had games and a sloopy-joe he-man lunch afterwards. The Hammer’s gave us a frog bank which we named Frogg and rest gave us money. It was a very enjoyable time.
Tomorrow, we wrap this up…
Dad