What a day

You have no idea. Brad not feeling well, so he asked me to drive "for a bit while he lie down". He says, "not much traffic - four lane road - you should be good to go". We make the switch, he snuggles up with Lucy and off we go. Twenty minutes in he is asleep and I hit construction. Down to two lanes - concrete barrier on right side and orange cones on left (for 42 miles). And where in the world is it OK for the speed limit to be 65 in construction zone?? SOUTH DAKOTA!!!!!!!!!! No way am I going 65 so I have about 26 cars lined up behind me for the duration. Finally construction ends (temporarily), I give a little fist pump in the air (I really did that) and the 26 cars zoomed past me even more elated that I.



After about 3 hours driving we make it to Wall Drugs. Pull into parking lot - Brad gets out of the RV - sways just a bit then claims he needs to use the bathroom for an "emergency". We leave Brad back at the RV. He says he can't make it. We return 45 minutes later with a thermometer and Brad has a fever of 101.3. Lovely. I shove a bunch of Tylenol down his throat and tell him to go back to sleep. So I guess I am driving to Mt. Rushmore. More construction. Roads starting to get hilly and curvy. Knuckles whiter that Michael Jacksons (of course when he was still alive), but we make it to Mt. Rushmore. We hustle out, get some pix and buy a cheesy magnet and pile back into the RV and head out to find a "pet friendly" hotel. Thank you Holiday Inn Express in Stugis SD. Thank you Coors Light.



I am one BAD ASS, RV DRIVING, MOTHERTRUCKER! Night all.........