Resting and Recuperating In Rapid City

We left Kansas and headed into Nebraska with another three hundred and forty mile day. Renita was starting to feel like she was getting a scratchy throat and we both hoped she wasn’t coming down with something. At least the wind died down and we had an uneventful drive.

The next morning we only had three hundred and twenty eight miles left till we reached Rapid City and so we headed north through Nebraska. As we passed through Chadron we both remembered when our son graduated from there and how nice the college was for him.

Shortly after entering South Dakota, Renita suddenly exclaimed, OMG, as she noticed snow banks! Later we learned that the park we stay at near Rapid had forty four inches of snow and the people there were stuck for two weeks before they finally were able to leave.

Sticking to our goal we passed numerous places to rock hound and even passed Bobs Rock Shop near Hermosa. Believe it or not we actually have all the rocks we need, for now anyway. Renita was feeling worse and so we decided to rest for a bit in Rapid City before our years first boon dock adventure at Keyhole State Park.

I tried to set up my doctor’s appointment and couldn’t get in till next Tuesday so we set in for a week of rest and repairs on the fifth wheel. It always seems like there is something to fix, but it’s kind of like when we had a stick and brick house, the honey do list was also never ending.

 

So before you know it we have been here for almost a week, and that’s ok, as the doctor’s visit is a must to get new prescriptions. One of the difficulties of living on the road is the necessity of making yearly doctor’s visits, and you do like to be a little consistent with our health concerns.

Anyway tomorrow we head to Wyoming, for the rest of the summer. We have already heard from our Texas friend Mark who is going to meet us in Star Valley for a week in late May of rock hounding!  So another year of prospecting begins, maybe we will even find something valuable. It doesn’t really matter either way as it’s the time spent looking that is the most fun. Clear skies.