Sunflowers, Wind & The Badlands

Saturday was an amazing day, but before I get to that, we have been without internet or phone service for two days. I'm not sure how writing a daily blog is going to work but I'll give it my best shot. We headed out across central South Dakota and once we crossed the Missouri River, man oh man....the wind was phenomenal!  Almost blew my helmet off! I give Rick so much credit for driving that whole way.  I just hung on!  The prairies were beautiful and I loved the vast fields of sunflowers.  I thought of my friend, Alice.  :)

We got to the Badlands, found a spot to stay for the night and headed right for the hills. It was early evening and we hit the jackpot.  Along the roadside coming toward us were two Bighorn Sheep.  They became extinct in SD many years ago and were reintroduced to the Badlands. We were lucky enough to see them.  We also saw a whole family of mountain goats.  They walked so close to the front of the bike, I could have touched them. So fun. Happy trails.