Fortunarely, a good deal of our drive today involves traversing the width of South Dakota, a state with about two or three turns on the entire interstate.
Susan started out driving and got us to Wall Drug in about three hours. We spent about half an hour there looking at the tourist crap they offer. We bought a shirt for our friend Mark, who had never heard of Wall Drug.
I took over the wheel from there and set the cruise control at 80. It was good driving but after about an hour and a half (or 200 miles) I was having a tough time staying awake.
We stopped in Chamberlan, which was about half way across the state. The gas station we stopped at was also an Arby's. I had been wanting an Arby's when we were in Gillette, but we settled for Wendy's cuz that's what we found.
We bought a couple of Mt Dew's, the highest caffeine pop, and went to the Arby's line. The guy told us they were out of roast beef. "But this is Arby's!" we exclaimed. Roast Beef is what you do. It's your raison d'etre. The guy said, "Wha?"
We had to settle for chicken sandwiches and then we hit the road. I snoozed while Susan drove and we listened to a Steven King book, 11-22-63.
She drove another three hours and got us as far as Sioux City, just over the Iowa line. From there, it was an easy drive for me in the dark, with no moon, to get us to Des Moines.
About 45 minutes after we arrived, the snow started falling.
Good Timing!
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