Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Wall Drug!


As of writing this: 43.89717N 99.97629W at 1790.03ft 2:38pm, Central Time
This morning has been quite busy! We left the Coyote Blues Bed and Breakfast, run by a very kind but slightly overwhelmed Swiss family. We stopped at Wall Drug, a kitchy tourist trap, but in a fun way.
I had my picture taken with six foot tall rabbits, We bought some souvenirs, and marvelled at all the weird stuff.
Back on the highway we saw a sight that drove some early pioneers slightly mad: horizon in all directions. There is no shelter out here. You are totally exposed, and each mile looks like the previous ones. Seeing a tree makes you say "Whoa! A tree!" and then "There it is! a tree!" and then "hey do you remember that tree we passed 30 miles ago?"
A new time zone was also hit: Central time zone. Which puts us one our behind Eastern time. Ken kindly pointed out I was using the modem wrong, so hopefully after I fiddle with it tonight, I might be able to update from the room.
Also: billboards for hotels out here are quite strange. Apparently business is so cutthroat, that each hotel comes up with all kinds of added perks (free coffee! free meals! free waterpark!) just to get people willing to stay. All of this is completely loss on us with our string of bed and breakfasts/crashing at friends. Also we've been averaging contact with between 7 to 11 GPS satellites. Which beats the heck out of the 4-5 I usually see in seattle. Hooray for open skies.

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