Forgot to mention SD

july 19 - late entry
Since SD, the trip has seemed like a whirlwind., but despite not posting anything since Wy.,  SD and the Badlands was a must see.  The drive was long..,.it didn't help that we were led astray by Google maps (and the paper map was of no help).  So after driving in and out of the Badlands several times, and the R justifiably from driving three sides of a square, we somehow found it mid afternoon after landing in Rapid City! This of course was not our goal, and since the day was rapidly passing us by, we ended up just taking a scenic drive through this strangely stark expanse of land. A bit creepy in some ways, but oh so lovely.  Quiet.  Lumpy land carved out by winds and water creating an amazing panoramic view of nothingness, sparse grass, dry rice lets, prairie dogs no where to be seem ,but evidence of their "digs".  Apparently the best time to see it is late afternoon when the sun casts shadows over these primaries rocks, but alas, we couldn't stay.  There were a few areas that I tried to photo because of their coloring, but the pics didn't do it justice.  It was a spiritual journey for me.  Slogging on, trying to find somewhere to lay our heads, we drove on hoping to get toMitchell to see the Corn Palace.  But, oh dear!  The rodeo was in town and while I was doing my usual hunt with no help from wifi, we were dissuaded from coming further east and I was given the name of a place that had openings.  It was a bout 20 miles west of Mitchell.  Not much to,say about it other than it had the things we have come to appreciate (water, electricity and sewer hookups).  When we started to undo, the R discovered the storage door was jammed and wouldn't open.  Not a good start, but we tracked it back to our last stay when we noticed the bag that held our leveling blocks came up missing.  It probably blew away, but was no where to be found.  So the blocks were put in the storage area, and we think, because the roads and drive were winding and bumpy they fell over and jammed the lock.  Of course the tool bag was in there too.  Fortunately there was one of those eye candy rigs next to us with a kindly gentleman who opened up one of his storage lockers to reveal any kind of tool imaginable that we both laughed about. Mind you this included a generator, electric saw, drill and three tool boxes.  Pretty sure we could make it work!  Using a long flat screwdriver, the R managed to get it open so we could finish the job.  If worst had come to,worst we could have just left it hooked up, but it wouldn't solve our next stop. TBC ont'd