Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Mov'n to Montana...Jump in the Snow (Part VI)

Day 7
This morning we woke up early and headed to Mount Rushmore. We didn't have long to visit, it was more of an opportunity for Court, Avery, Mom and Dad to see it. After a short visit we were on the road again.

The first couple of hours of our drive this morning were breath taking. Starting in the Black Hills of Rapid City, SD until we hit Sundance, Wyoming I was in awe! It was awesome!

Our drive today seemed slow and we were showing signs of being on the road for one week. We were tired! Our stop at a Subway took well over an hour thanks to less than speedy service. It did provide us with our first Grandma or to be more exact Granny E neck, when my mom attempted to walk into the guys restroom. 

Finally, at 5:55 p.m. Mountain Standard Time we arrived at our new home and unloaded most of our gear from the vehicles. We had enough time for a short meet and greet with our new neighbors to the north and then we went for a celebratory dinner at Olive Garden. Avery, of course, imitates everything she sees and attempted to enter the guys restroom at the Olive Garden. 

The highlights today were Mount Rushmore and the drive from Rapid City, SD to Sundance, WY. A side note: Sundance is much smaller than I thought it might be.

The total travel distance for our trip was 2355 miles. It took seven days including one day of rest. After all we are planting a church we figured we should stay biblical...
Day 1 486 miles
Day 2 331 miles
Day 3 Rest
Day 4 347 miles
Day 5 519 miles
Day 6 348 miles (plus 35 miles for The Badlands loop)
Day 7 380 miles (plus 30 miles to Mount Rushmore and back)

Text Message Competition Up Date:
Donald 341
Ryan 5
Court 2

Police Report:
1 Traffic Stop

2 comments:

Unknown said...

the text message i received tonight - new number is 406-***-**** (with the actual numbers there). i'm thinking what is this. it would have made more sense coming from the old number then i would have known.

you apparently made it safe. good job guys. i'll be talking to you soon.

kevin

Ryan Tucker said...

:), i don't have a job dude. i could send it from the 406 for free or the 910 for $.40. i went the cheaper route. :)