Fair Winds and Following Interstates
August 16, 2025
Each year we make it a point to visit Badlands National Park. This year we went the day after our arrival. The sunflowers were in bloom, and I was hoping to catch some good photos of a field that I remembered near the Wall entrance. The field was not there anymore. Our photos taken on the drive from Mitchell to Box Elder would have to suffice. Even so, we enjoyed our drive through the Badlands.
August 15, 2025
Pioneer Auto Museum is one of those places we kept saying that we'd stop there someday. Since we had a fairly easy travel day from Mitchell to Box Elder and a time zone change was working in our favor, we decided to stop on this trip.
The place is a hodge podge of buildings housing a single family's collection of cars along with some motorcycles and tractors and a few other things such as toys, lunch boxes, pinball machines and other assorted items. The buildings are loosely labeled to indicate what is housed within.
It's somewhat dusty and some of the autos look like they haven't been run in years. Even so, to our surprise, we saw a couple of unexpected and rather unique vehicles. If you like old cars and need a stretch break, you'd probably enjoy walking around for an hour or so.
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| The billboard car |
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| Screen used General Lee |
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| My dad had a '78 Lil Red Express |
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| Early motorhome |
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| Sliding doors on a car |
