Devil’s Tower and Mount Rushmore

KOA at Devils Tower is FABULOUS!!!! Loved it  there! They even play the old movie “ Close Encounters of the Third Kind” outside with ice cream and snacks! So much fun to explore this area J Definitely make this KOA an overnight if you can.

Devil’s Tower is simply majestic! They way it towers in the middle of nowhere. I took Shorty up a side dirt road since dogs are not allowed up the trail.  I found it so much better than the tourist area.  I had the chance to stop and take pictures and just sit in a field and take it all in.  Lots of think time. I am wishing I could share this with someone and then I remember how much Shorty loves scenery and is truly my companion on this trip. He is so easy going hahaha he sleeps until we get to each destination and then pops up the moment the truck stops, all ready and excited for the next adventure. He really is an amazing creature!

Mount Rushmore, hmm…. A bit disappointed here. Most areas were under construction (everything truly) and you pay to park for a few minutes to revel in the craftsmanship and that’s about it.  It is cool I saw it in person; however, I would have been fine just looking at a picture.  Seemed that was all I could do was take a picture. Glad I went though, I will never wonder if I missed out on something lol. I had had enough and decided it was time to continue on, I could feel things brewing for my future I think.

The drive through South Dakota was INTENSE!!! Storms Storms and more Storms! Good grief, the wind and rain and hail are amazing and terrifying all in one. I did have a scare between  Rapid City and Sioux Falls. I stayed at a rest area until it passed by on each side of me. The next morning there were trucks blown over and many campers too, cars were blown into ditches and stories were told everywhere I went the next morning. SO glad I stayed where my gut was telling me to. This is new for me… following my gut instincts.  I usually blow them off thinking its just ME being ME and overreacting in my brain. However, I have been realizing more and more that the more I really am true to myself the more I trust my instincts. Things seem to work out better so far doing this. Its one of the many self-discovery journeys about myself that I am exploring. Trusting myself. It is HARD!!!  

One thing I think we as humans forget is to stay in touch with what feels right. We have so much outside pressures to be a certain way, think a certain way, dress a certain way. We work so hard to pay bills that I think it is easy to get off track and follow what we think is right, rather than what our heart KNOWS is right… for ourselves. It is hard to trust our own paths with so much technology around and TV shows making everything work out with a happy ending and news making everything so damned. How confusing this life is anymore. Life is meant to live our own way in order to grow. I am working on this. J