We got to Sleepy Hollow Campground on Friday evening with time to visit "downtown Wall" and Wall Drug.
Picture Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge two blocks long.
Our plan was to just relax Saturday. We did that. We also did laundry, watched PSU beat Kent State and attended Mass at St. Patrick's.
We got up early Sunday and headed to the Badlands to catch the morning sun. Carol took 195 pictures. I will not share them all. But they are all good enough to share ! Remember, if you "click" on a picture it will open full size in another window.
We had planned on going back this evening for sunset pics but thunderstorms eliminated that. Maybe tomorrow.
Regular readers know about "Inbetweens", those little moments of joy, peace, memories or happenings that make you look up and say, "Thank you God. I know that was you."
In the summer of 2008 a big one happened and I blogged about it. Click on this link and scroll down to August 14th to read, "A Big Musical Inbetween". I have remained friends with Karen and her mother. I enjoyed following Karen through her degree from Colgate. She is now in Boulder, CO where she has completed her Masters and is close to completing her PhD. She got married two months ago today to Alex Crawford, a fellow PhD candidate that she met while at Colgate..
I txtd her last week and said that we were heading West and asked where she was for the summer. She said, "Boulder" and I told her we'd have to put off meeting because we weren't going by there on this trip.
Yesterday she posted on Facebook that she and Alex were taking the long holiday weekend to make a whirlwind trip through Wyoming and SD, including a stop at Wall. A couple of phone calls later and we met her and Alex at Wall Drug today.
We had a wonderful visit. She is still playing the Hammered Dulcimer and is close to releasing another CD. Check out her Facebook page by clicking here.
What a wonderful surprise.
Hoping for good weather tomorrow to enjoy another day in the Badlands.
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