Day 4 - August 11

Finally, our last day of major driving before some down time. But I hear Cabelas calling us as we drive by Mitchell, SD.

Our oldest son, Derek aged 12, needs new hiking shoes and we figured why not shoot two birds with one shell so to speak at Cabelas plus there's a Super Walmart right next door.

We got out of there without too much damage however, the weather became a factor on down the road.

West of Chamberlain, SD we hit the thunderstorms. Thought we were going to miss the worst of the stuff as it was north of the interstate but no such luck.

We found the hail and took a few hits, nothing major, but got a pea sized ding on the hood of the truck and 5-6 in the front of the trailer. It was not very much fun at all.

Prior to hitting the weather we looked at the available exists prior to the storm and none had any cover. So be it, we now had a little more war damage to give the truck and trailer a little more character.

We finally made it to the Rafter J Campground near Hill City at dusk. It's a huge campground. As we were checking in another Airstream came by. No numbers but appeared to be an older Sovereign.

Day 4 Trip Route

The attached shot is as we were checking in:

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