Quick, what's the capital of South Dakota?  WRONG!  It's Pierre! - and we're here!  We couldn't make this up - we're actually spending the night in Pierre, South Dakota - the state capital!  We left that other town (whatever it's name was) this morning and rolled at 70+ MPH for hours across the prairie - finally ending up here at the eastern edge of the Badlands.   And when we say we rode across the prairie, we aren't kidding.  FLAT, FLAT, FLAT is how to describe it - and there wasn't even a "Little House on the Prairie."  Just mile after mile of fields occassionally dotted with rusting mobile homes! 

So, you'd think we couldn't possibly get into trouble in Pierrie, South Dokata on a Sunday afternoon, right?  WRONG!  It didn't take us more than five minutes and we had the whole motel in an uproar.  The motel has a sign out front that says, "wake to waffles," and at check-in Kevin wanted to meet "Waffles" to see if he wanted to wake up with her.  When they couldn't produce a woman named "Waffles," Kevin started threatening a lawsuit for false advertising.   Finally, they calmed him down with coupon good for two free beers at "Wally's Drive-Thru Liquor & Ammo," but not before he grabbed all the complimentary cookies off the counter and said he'd accept them as compensation for his "pain & suffering."  Let's just say it's absolutely amazing they let us stay here.

But the fun didn't end at the front desk.  After check-in, we wandered down Sioux Avenue (politically incorrect name by the way!) to the local Walgreens Drug Store to see if we could get our prescription for Oxycotin filled.  Along the way we apparently jay-walked and were actualy ticketed for it - NOT KIDDING! - after all this is Pierre.  Anyway, you can actually avoid the fine by taking a one hour class at a driving school in "pedestrian safety & courtesy."    So, always looking to save a few dollars - and also improve our minds through higher education - we walked over to the school, paid the $10 bucks for the class and now we are certified as "safe & courteous" pedestrians.   It was just another day in beautiful Pierre, South Dakota - but at sunrise we are outta this safe and courteous town and off to...

    
SEE!  No little houses on the prairie!                              Talk about an identity crisis! - Stacy was VERY confused!

    
It seems that "Waffles" caught to bus to Tulsa!                     We used the rear entrance and they examined us!