Minnesota and South Dakota

Well another day, another exhausted pair of adults. We started out after our less than stellar stay at the Super 8 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. NEVER, I repeat, NEVER stay at that Super 8. They stuck us into a smoking room with 2 double beds because we had the 11 pound dog with us. Aside from it stinking high heavens from the smoke, it just was plain ole' dirty. Both me and my sister slept like crap because she was sleeping with the 2 year old and I had the 6 year old. Riley, who's 2, fell off the bed 3 times during the course of the night and Dylan, who's 6, kept smacking me in his sleep with his arms and legs. I swear a few times I had to lift half of him off of me and put him back over on his side. That boy sure moves around in his sleep. I think he was actually sideways at one point. So after our "restful" night of sleep, we awoke at 5:30am only to find out our shower did NOT work! I was pissed! Fortunately, we had my parents 2 doors down in their luxury queen room, that was dirtier than ours and we were able to use their shower with the moldy curtain. And to add the cherry to the end of our day, the continental breakfast they served was pitiful!

At any rate, we started out just before 8am and headed for Mitchell, SD to see the Corn Palace. It was a 240 mile drive but it was pretty interesting and the kids had fun. We spent a bit too much time there because Peyton, our 9 year old, couldn't decide what souvenir she wanted. We get a bit too much indecisiveness from that girl even if she is only 9! From there we left our parents as they were headed to Kennebec to see relatives and we set our sites on visiting the famous Wall Drug in Wall, SD. I didn't think we were going to make it there because I honestly thought Robyn was going to kill Peyton. That girl has to pee entirely TOO much. So much drama! We did make it there and spent way too much time there because we didn't end up at our motel in Rapid City until 7:30. We were however, pleasantly surprised to see that our Super 8 we made reservations at (Wild Bill Days are this week), was TONS better than our stop in Albert Lea. It's the Ritz compared to that place! Our day ends with all 6 of us and the dog in one room with 2 queens and we will get up early to head off to Mt Rushmore and then to Sheridan, Wyoming to meet back up with my parents. Wish us luck and sanity!