Day 4 and Adrienne is heard from

Last night it was decided we would start a bit later today so what happens when we are all snug in our beds and SLEEPING? Some idiot pulled the fire alarm! So much for the extra sleep. I think everyone woke up at their normal 5:00 a.m. anyway. Today we visited Mt. Rushmore. You could spend days at these places! They have so much touristy stuff built up around them. It was very large and impressive. They have an amphitheatre and as it was Sunday morning they had a church service. From Mt. Rushmore we took a different route out (hoping there would be smaller hills and they were, thank goodness. Our next stop was Wall Drugs. Another huge tourist attraction with something for everyone. On the way there I was told to stop reading out the signs along the road saying what Wall Drugs had or there would be no need to stop having already found out what they had. Hmmph! After a tasty lunch there we headed out to Chamberlain South Dakota to find the Akta Lakota Sioux Museum. We crossed the mighty Missouri to get there. First decent body of water we've seen since home. It was a lovely AIR CONDITIONED museum and it was FREE and we had 30 minutes to see it before it closed. I got the distinct impression it is connected to a residential school. Didn't they get rid of all those? Anyway, it was REALLY hot out and we had been travelling in it for hours so Mike and Rog provided us with water and Linda provided Rog and Dave with those neck cooler thingies. WOW! What an invention. Between the air conditioned museum, a chance to park in the shade for half an hour and the bandanas we made it to Mitchell South Dakota for the night. We have just returned from dinner at the local truck stop (delicious of course!) and found our own bandanas in their truck stop store along with bisexual bug cleaner. Go figure! Everybody is outside working on Dave's car once again. It seems to be a nightly ritual. That's it from me. I'm listening to The Lion King in the comfort of my air conditioned room, I've been well fed and I'm ready for whatever comes next.