TIME FLIES, WHEN YOU’RE HAVING FUN  Today is Donald’s 58th birthday. It was just another day with no celebration, etc. Unfortunately, Donald’s family did not celebrate birthdays much when he was growing up, and it’s something he really missed.

GETTING CLOSER TO HOME  We drove US Hwy 212 south from Garryowen, MT, to Spearfish, SD, and it is an awesome road, one of our favorites. It’s just a two-lane road thru much of the last part of MT, a small corner of WY, and then into SD. We saw lots of antelope and the beautiful Black Hills country. It was a very beautiful drive, quiet and peaceful with very small towns–mostly Native American–as we were on reservation land or close to it much of the way. We then picked up I-90 and drove to Murdo, SD, then to Valentine, NE. We made a conscious decision to stay on two-lane roads, avoiding the semis, etc. We’re pretty tired tonight as we crossed the time zone between Mountain Time and Central Time. The campground in Valentine was a Good Sam Club recommended park, and it, too, was nice. It rained all night, and cooled down as well. Kay has decided that traveling pulling a travel trailer with a total length of about 51 feet is not as ‘carefree’ as traveling via car. Stopping for anything has to be more thoughtful and precise.