Wow another great nights sleep! The plan today is to hit the road by 8 am. No small feet for
four people and two dogs. Anyway we pulled out about 8:30 and headed off to the
badlands. It was chilly and overcast….it felt great. The badlands were only
about 4 hours away so not a bad day of driving. Once we arrived we took the
usual picture at the Badland sign and headed in. Joanne bought a senior citizen
pass for $10. This pass lets her and anyone else in the car in to as many
National Parks for free for the rest of her life! What a deal. The same pass
would cost me $90 and only be good for a year. If you are going on a trip
around the country be sure and bring a senior citizen with you they come in
very handy! J
When we got to the park we did not have Internet of course but I did have a
weak cell signal. Luckily it was just enough to get a text from Luke saying
that they just went “live “ with “the news’! This of course was very exciting
to me because I have been waiting to get the green light. Now finally I could
tell the world that Lyn and I are going to be Grandparents! That’s right Luke
and Caroline are expecting our 1st grandchild sometime in December!
Woohoo!!! When Luke first told us
the news he asked us to pick “grandparent names for our self. Lyn will be
called Lola . It is a term used in the Philippines for grandmother. After some
soul searching I decided that I would be called Bobaloo. Now I know what your
thinking with three sets of grandparents surely this name was taken by one of
the other grandfathers. Much to my surprise it was not! I cannot really put
into words how excited we are but lets just say bring her/him on Bobaloo is
waiting! Ok back to the trip. We had no reservations but found a campsite and
after setting up decided to take a nap before we went out exploring. It was
pretty hot and after about an hour we decided to go take an up close and
personal look at the Badlands. We toured three areas took pictures and headed
back for dinner at our campsite. Lyn fixed chicken, potatoes and mixed vegetables. We ended the evening with an outdoor
program on the grasslands and hit the bed around 10. The time has changed two
hours from when we first started our trip. Tomorrow we will tour more of the
Badlands and then head on to Rapid City SD. Mount Rushmore is on the horizion
and we are headed that way.
Signing off for now,
Bobaloo
Woohoo!!!!
Dad, Joanne and Noel!
Joanne preparing to help set up camp!
Dinner time!
Loving the cargo rack!
Lyn and Joanne!
