Sorry, eastern South Dakota. Sorry, all of Iowa. But after you have seen the likes of Montana and Idaho and western South Dakota, everything east of the Badlands is just routine. Flat. More and more cities. Less and less scenery. But we had to cover it in order to get to the final destination of our journey, and then on home. It took us half of Thursday and all of Friday to cover the 817 miles from the eastern entrance to the Badlands to Peoria, Illinois, our destination for Friday night.South Dakota and Iowa meet along the Sioux River. We spent Thursday night in Sioux City, Iowa, a blend of smog and the odor from a paper mill.
Friday night we entered the state in which we lived for 21 years and stayed overnight in Peoria, glad to have those 817 not-so-scenic miles behind us. But to be fair, these areas are part of God’s creation, too. They have their own uniqueness and beauty. The fact that we were jaded by our western experiences and time-constrained does not mean that God didn’t put His own touch on these states as well.
But, Glacier National Park, they ain’t!
Photo: Along the highway in eastern North Dakota, a view similar to that in eastern South Dakota.
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