So we left the Badlands today...The Badlands are still bad!
The Black Hills turned into gently rolling hills and then to the flat farmland of Minnesota.

We drove all day and arrived in Albert Lea MN just in time to have a great dinner.

Tomorrow we will travel to Richland Center to check on our friends there and then on to Madison to spend some time with Rodney and Darlene and Russell and Jane.

By Saturday evening we should be in Schaumburg and we are looking forward to seeing all of you!

PS -- Forgot to tell you we learned how to pan for gold in Rapid City SD. -- But we did not get rich doing it!