After our crazy Wednesday, Catherine and I were ready for something a little more low key. We left Laramie, headed for Cheyenne and went looking for a Starbucks. We spent a couple hours working and drinking tons of coffee. I have to say that it was nice to relax for a little while.
Around lunch time, we took off to visit one of the Family Dollar's in Cheyenne. I had a great conversation with the ASM, Vicky. She talked to me about how she ended up in the Cheyenne Family Dollar. Vicky was one of our Associates that was affected by Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Vicky and her husband moved to Cheyenne so that they could be closer to their family and she began working at the Cheyenne Family Dollar. She was great and I had a great time talking with her!
After my store visit, Catherine and I headed for South Dakota. We got to take some scenic roads and we finally started seeing how beautiful Wyoming can be when you aren't running out of gas! Wyoming is covered in cows and has some beautiful rock formations.
While Wyoming is nice, I have to say that South Dakota is gorgeous! It's almost difficult to describe it. There are pine trees and rolling hills. On our journey to Rapid City, we drove through Wind Cave National Park and we happened on some Buffalo!! I jumped out of the car and took a picture of them. We also got to see some prairie dogs. As we were heading out of the park, I spotted a Buffalo on the side of the road grazing! They are HUGE! We turned around and got a fantastic picture of him.
We also hit Mount Rushmore today. I finally got to see George, Thomas, Teddy and Abe in all their glory! The sun was starting to set and it was getting a little chilly, but we had a great time! We took a trail, that according to the sign, had a "hazardous walking surface." As you'll see in the picture, the surface was made of concrete and about as flat as anything I've ever seen! Along the "Presidential Trail" we got to see some spectacular views of the mountain and got a little exercise in the process (the trail was all steps and we discovered after going down the thousands of steps, we still had to come back up!). I really enjoyed Mount Rushmore and I'm so glad I got to see it!
Tomorrow is going to be a fun day even though it's my last day of visiting stores. I'm hitting a store in Blackhawk and one in Rapid City. After that, Catherine and I are exploring the Badlands and then heading to Omaha, Nebraska to stay with a friend of hers from the Sisters of Mercy.
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