Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park, South Dakota

Today (Aug 28) we went to the Wall Drug Store for breakfast. We arrived early and saw the street almost empty. When we left, people were looking for parking spaces. The store is huge, and now includes new shops and a children's play area at the rear of the store. We then saw some highlights in the town of Deadwood, then saw Mount Rushmore and drove to Custer State Park, South Dakota. The temperature was in the mid 90s, instead of the 102F we experienced driving across South Dakota yesterday. The road (Iron Mountain Road) we took to Custer State Park was so scenic... wow! The road was narrow, with numerous tight switch-backs, and several log bridges and tunnels. Trucks and RVs can't use this road.

South Dakota Corn Palace and Badlands August 27

Illinois - Wisconsin

We drove to Freeport and Lena, Illinois, and saw friends (Henk, Blair, Beggin, Schmertman). Church, breakfast, talk, Union dairy ice cream, then drove to Madison, Wisconsin.

Chicago suburb

Visited with Maureen, a college roommate of Mary, in a suburb of Chicago. This evening we are in Rochelle, IL, with a beautiful sunset.

Pennsylvania-Indiana

Today we traveled through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Flat Land and good-looking crops. We had one rain shower but the weather was mostly good.

Arch, St. Louis, Missouri

We visited the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, today, and went to the top of the arch. The outside temperature was 104F.

Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve

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Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve

(info from their website) Shenk's Ferry Wildlife Preserve is one of the most impressive wildflower areas in the eastern United States and certainly one of the most popular natural locations in Lancaster County. PPL takes pride in preserving the glen as a wildflower sanctuary. Located just north of Pequea along the Susquehanna River in southern Lancaster County, the 50-acre glen surrounds Grubb Run off of Green Hill Road.  The main wildflower trail is approximately 1 mile long and follows Grubb Run along easy walking path on fairly flat terrain. At least 73 species of flowers bloom from mid-March until the end of May. More than 60 other species of flowers bloom during the summer and fall. Some of the more common flowers include Dutchman's breeches, wild geranium, wild ginger, Virginia bluebells, mayapple, trillium and spring beauty. Shenk’s Ferry Wildflower Preserve is open to the public each day from dawn to dusk.