It’s been very hot here near Badlands National Park, but I’ve lingered so I can fly here.  This morning, the weather was finally favorable, so I launched flight 138, my first in South Dakota, and my first with my new Apco Hybrid 22:

Greetings, groundlings:

Looking down at my new photographer friend:

I packed up and drove west, visiting Wall Drug.  I was last here in the 90s.  It’s still a gigantic, eclectic mess of a tourist trap:

Unfortunately, the visitor center was closed for repairs:

I next visited the South Dakota Air and Space Museum:

I bought some groceries in Rapid City, then continued west into Wyoming:

I’m dispersed camping on the banks of Sand Creek:

I went for a run:

Good Shabbos from near Beulah, Wyoming!  See the trip map for today’s drive.