Cody Nite Rodeo, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands

After Dad did office work during the day and the kids played and swam at the KOA in Cody, WY, we took off for an authentic night on the town cowboy style.We ate at a super grubalicious restaurant called Bubba's B-B-que and the whole family had spare ribs, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, baked beans, salad, garlic bread, and bread pudding! It was quite the feast! After dinner we went to an RV parts store for a few items and found out while we were there that our fridge was broken and that the RV needs two more batteries! Unfortunately we also found out that Steve's fix on the kitchen floor didn't hold and water was leaking again! We had taken the motor home to a tire place earlier today as well because we had blown that third tire and realized that we needed to just replace all the tires that were on the rig from the previous owner so that puts the record at 8 new tires now! All six of the tires on the Minnie Jack and the two on the car dolly that we found out were 13 years old and illegal to be on the road! At least now we can feel pretty confident that we won't be on the side of the road stranded again- at least not with a flat tire I hope. After the repair on the fridge we were off to forget our worries at the famous Cody Nite Rodeo! None of us had ever been to a rodeo before...it was quite an experience...bare back riding, bull riding, barrel racing and more! The kids got to go down in the arena and try to pull a red ribbon off a calf's tail for a prize.



Wyoming was much more beautiful then we expected. We hit the highest elevation on our trip driving between Cody, WY and Rapid City, South Dakota it was near 10,000 feet. We went to church in Rapid City, SD on Sunday and then Sunday afternoon we went to Mt. Rushmore on the way to the Badlands National Park. The kids earned another Junior Ranger badge at Mt. Rushmore! They are learning a lot about our country. Steve talked to a girl at Mt. Rushmore who works in an Orthopedic section of a hospital and was familiar with Bio Skin products in Denver, CO. It's a small world and fun to make those connections. We stayed near the Badlands for one night and drove on to Sioux Falls, SD the next day. That was last night that we arrived here. It was raining really hard yesterday with really intense lightning. Today Steve is working with his rep Tom and the kids and I are off to discover Sioux Falls....