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Monday, August 30, 2021

Driving Northwest to Oacoma, South Dakota




Eric & I leave Pender...








... & drive Nebraska Highway 16.





Nebraska has Cattle
& Soybeans





Welcome to
Laurel, Nebraska




At the intersection of

We continue on NE 15 North.






Irrigating the fields





Eric & I leave Nebraska Highway 12
for US Route 81.





This Wide Lode Tractor Trailer
is using the road shoulder
as it travels south.




Welcome to Wyoming

Forever West

Welcome Center at Exit 199





Crossing the Missouri River...




... & entering Yankton.





The community prepares
for a parade.











I take the wheel for a while.




It's a slow drive behind this
piece of Farm Equipment.

(About 10 minutes at 30 to 35
miles per hour)




The projection on the left makes it hard for me to get a line of sight past the lumbering vehicle.  Finally, there's an opening on a long downhill stretch and I pass, at last.





Welcome to South Dakota

Great Faces  Great Places











We turn onto Interstate 90 West.






Stalk Up On Corny Souvenirs!

Exit 332




Eric & I detour to Mitchell
to see The World's Only
Corn Palace.






Hay Bales in the fields






Wind Turbines dominate
the Prairie.



South Dakota Tractor Museum
Early Prairie Living


Exit 284 Left 1 Block



End of the Trail

Exit 260

Restaurant Motel Campground




Eric & I stop in Kimball to
visit the South Dakota
Tractor Museum.







Our last stop is the Rest Stop
 between Exits 263 & 265.
 
The car is an early 1950s Coupe.







The Oacoma Water Tower





We arrive at our Exit.





Eric fuels up the motorhome
while I take pictures at the
Sinclair Gas Station.




This is the end of our trail...

Al's OASIS.





Eric & I are spending the night
surrounded by Tractor Trailers.


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