I was up at 6 AM and drove to Jewel Cave national Monument by 7 AM so I could be fourth in line when the ticket kiosk opened at 7:45 AM. I got my ticket for the 8:30 Scenic Cave Tour and puttered around in the visitor's center until the tour began. It was an hour and a half tour through the third largest cave in the world, with over 200 miles of mapped passages.
After readjusting my eyes to the daylight, I got gas, bought some groceries, and drove to Badlands National Park.
I then drove a little east on Rt 90 to the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, arriving at 4:30 PM to learn that it closed at 4 PM. Back on the road, Jessica encouraged me to stop in Chamberlain to find the Dignity statue, a huge statue of a Lakota woman overlooking the Missouri River at a rest area. I am so glad she did because this was really an amazing statue and an inspiration to feminists everywhere. Then it was another hour on the road, arriving at 8:30 PM at the Cabela's parking lot in Mitchell, SD, where I made myself some spaghetti for dinner.
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