Barrell Boondoggle

Day 1: 600 miles later we arrive in Des Moines Iowa. We have travelled through Michigan from East to West. The Northwest corner of Indiana, Illinois from East to West and half of Iowa. We passed the birthplace of Ronald Reagan in Illinois and the birthplace of John Wayne in Iowa.

Day 2: after another 300 miles we reach the town of Mitchell, South Dakota. The first mildly interesting stop so far. We visited a prehistoric native american village and the corn palace (see the vlog in the extended entry)...we had a rather typical day for early spring in the Great Plains - Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings - luckily we were a couple of miles south of the really bad weather. On the vlog you will hear what happens on your average midwest US radio station during a tornado-spawning storm...the radio station is supposed to be playing "cool music"...

Next stop the badlands and mount Rushmore...