DAY 19 - PIERRE, SD TO BISMARCK, ND
JUNE 1, 2014

Today we traveled through beautiful farmed prairie land.  We took a picture of the "Louisiana Three" checking out the Louisiana Purchase.  Grain silos give a clue about the amount of crops harvested each year.

And all this mud washes downstream to our state!

 

Do you know what these store?  Money!

 

 

 

There are miles of straight roads and driveways at least half a mile long!  Scenery included wonderful views of the Missouri.

Long - Long way to go.

 

Sacajawea and Sitting Bull monuments need some TLC.  They were still interesting and worth seeing.  Guarding the steps to Sitting Bull was a large snake(our encounter with local reptile life).  Cal thought it might be a rattle snake so we only took pictures.  I'm sure the snake was smiling!!



Sacajawea Monument

 

The Great Man is buried here!

The Guard Snake!!



File picture of a Bull Snake (gopher snake)

 

File picture of a Western Diamondback Rattle Snake.

YOU DECIDE WHICH IT WAS.

 

 

On route 1806 we saw many herds of beef cattle.  It must have been a good winter because there were lots and lots of calves!!  We even saw a herd of buffalo, but we weren't quick enough to get a picture.   



Cattle on the Plains.

Eat and poop.  Eat and poop.  This is boring, let's jump the fence?

 

For a while, it looked like we were in the Badlands. There were rows of trees planted on the North side of homes (natural snow fences and wind breaks for those cold North winds).

Looks bad to me.

 

 

Finished the day with an ice cream social. YUM!  AND A RAINBOW!!

Where's that pot of gold?!

 

 

Bob and Pat