June 26th, 2002 : The Badlands National Park, Wall Drug, Mitchell Corn Palace and Mt. Rushmore
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| My beautiful daughters and I |
This trip began planning itself the summer of 2001. My husband and I had visited Europe with some wonderful friends of ours and we realized how much of the US we hadn't seen. I was determined to take the girls to see things I had always wanted to see and that are considered some of our nation's historic spots. After 9/11, I decided I wasn't going to make it happen in the future, I was going to do it then. My family all thought I was nuts...taking three girls, across the country driving by myself. But, I had always been called the road warrior in the family and I was looking forward to it. I spent months planning how far I could drive in a day, what we would see, where I would stay, etc. Considering my youngest was six and my oldest was ten, it was quite the adventure, but they did great.
