Now the gang gets bigger, Satheesh, Vivek and
Naren landed around 1' O clock and we didn't waste any time and started driving
towards Omaha. They all were hungry and wanted to have their dinner and almost
all smart phones were searching for places to eat. It was almost 4 am when we
stopped at a restaurant and it looked like where all the truckers would eat. We
ordered food and when it arrived to the
table it looked like 10 persons meal. It's not that we ordered more, it's the
quantity that they gave us was huge. V & N has introduced me to the app
(app allows you to check-in the places that you have been and credit points for
that) and then the fun part starts. Literally I was checking in every exit
along the highway and I reached 100 points in no time. On the way we stopped to
take few pictures of sunrise and it was one the memorable sunrises I have seen
recently. Mists covering the corn fields and as soon as the lights started
coming up the mists were moving was a beautiful scene to watch.
After we entered
into SD we stopped at a rest area and the west coast guys were surprised by the
way it was constructed including the dog playing area. Still Tennessee beats
all of them. We started driving at I-90 west and the was so beautiful. All the
ranches and Hay bales along the road was pleasing to watch ( some of the
windows screen savers might have been take from here) . We stopped at a
restaurant for food at 11ish and had a good meal. Everyone was watching our
table since we were little louder but most likely the reason they were watching
us was we looked like aliens in that area. V is a vegetarian and wherever he
asked something in vegetarian all looked like Really??? But he always manages
to find something to eat no matter where we go.
While enjoying the
ride on I-90 we reached Rapid City 2 hour earlier than we had planned. We
reached RC around 2ish and went to our Friend Senthil's home and met his
Family. In our car we had more luggage's than free places to sit, so we decided
to take his SUV and go to Mount Rushmore. It was a familiar place for me, but
this time the weather is good and we got more time to take a hike around that
area and able to get some close shots of the presidents. We also took the tour
that the ranger has offered and we were getting more history lessons. On the
way back we were able to witness Senthi's skillful driving and also found a
place to camp that night. Though we know about Senthi's hospitality we didn't
expected so much food that they have prepared for us. Chicken, Deer, Biriyani
and also marinated chicken for BBQ. Completely overwhelmed and for Vivek it's
was just a sub from Subway and few
corn's.
We had so much of
fun at the camp site like talking about lot of old stories. While enjoying good
food and no one has felt any tiredness though we were driving for the whole
day. We know we had to leave early to reach Yellowstone next day but that
didn't stop us having fun till mid night. The weather was pretty cold but it
was not bad enough to stop of our sleep.
I only took few photo's this day and here are those few,
I only took few photo's this day and here are those few,
Next day towards
Yellow stone and everyone has a biggggg expectation for that place.
