Badlands National Park

More water park:  We got some more water park action in for Lucy in the morning.  Ironically this time Lucy didn't like the lazy river (the jets in the walls scared her) but she did enjoy watching the giant monkey bucket dump water on people (and she still talks about it every day).
We didn't leave for the park until 11:30 am though.  Luckily the truck has a gas alert or we would have been pushing the truck!

Badlands National Park: The park pleasantly surprised us.  Initially it just looked like grassland, but then opened up into the canyons.  We did a couple outlooks and saw a big horned sheep (Lucy is still talking about that one).  We had a picnic lunch at the visitor center and then hit the road as Lucy was asking for a nap.  We will save the actual visitor center and hikes for a future visit.  There is even a fossil lab that I think Lucy will like someday.  

Kerry and Maddie quick jumped out of the car to check out the Window trail.  You can see a huge part of the canyon that is otherwise obscured from view.  

The Lucy quote of the day was when Lucy got very upset that we set Charlie's car seat down. "You have to carry him, Charlie is going to blow away!"  Aww she must like him after all!

Corn Palace:  The rest of the day entailed 552 miles home with a stop in Mitchell, SD for dinner and the Corn Palace.  We were pleasantly surprised by the Corn Palace as we figured it would be a Wall Drug type of stop.  There was actually a lot of history/education within the building and the community takes a lot of pride in the venue.  We enjoyed our visit and had a difficult time tearing Lucy away from her red tractor where she became her alter ego; "Farmer Lucy".  Lucy also napped in the car for only the 2nd time ever on this trip!  Score.