November 30, 2009

South Dakota Sunset

Between Pierre and Wall, where we broke down…and I mean really broke down…the day before, en route to Thanksgiving in Minnesota.

After nine days, seven of those on the road, we made it back alive last night. Can’t say the same for the Land Cruiser, which is still engine-less and sitting in a garage in rural South Dakota, waiting for a transport rig to pick it up and deliver it home to us. Despite a pretty traumatic 24 hours, when the dust settled (or the smoke, in this case), it could have been so much worse…and for that and lots of other things over those nine days, we’re especially thankful.

About 50 more photos from Thanksgiving and Sarah’s 15th birthday (Saturday) are over here.

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  1. Tweets that mention South Dakota Sunset : adventure journalist -- Topsy.com on December 1st, 2009
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    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by pam mandel, Sarah. Sarah said: RT @nerdseyeview: i'm a sucker for a rear view mirror/road trip shot, 'specially if it's as nice as this. http://bit.ly/8Qa7Cm // Love it. [...]

  2. dave in DE on December 5th, 2009
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    Thanks for the photos, I got to enjoy the fun parts of your trip. Sorry about the trauma. You take such good pix, even with a phone. What is the model of the DSLR on the picnic table?
    Thanks

  3. tee on December 5th, 2009
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    Thanks Dave. The “real” camera is a Canon 20D.

  4. Marilyn on December 5th, 2009
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    i was just through there a few months ago…my brother and i took a road trip to South Dakota in September…and he moved his family to rural eastern SD a week later. glad you made it home okay. cannot believe Sarah is 15…WOW! :) happy, happy birthday to her! she’s lovely.

  5. tee on December 6th, 2009
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    Thanks Marilyn, I’ll pass it along!

  6. Still Life in South America on December 10th, 2009
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    Fifteen?!? Couldn’t be.

    Glad everything worked out on the trip back despite the breakdown~

  7. tee on December 10th, 2009
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    Thanks, it was pretty hairy for a couple of days wondering how we’d make it work. And yes… FIFTEEN. Ack.

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