May 27, 2026 - Wall, SD

Today we rode the Badlands loop road and visited the Minuteman Visitor Center. We are staying in Wall again tonight so wifi is very weak. I'll try to upload some pictures Susie took from the backseat of the GS. They are amazing.

To be honest, the Minuteman Visitor Center creeped me out.  They had a picture of kids hiding under desks and I remember doing that thinking that at any second we could be obliterated.  This was the time of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.  The idea that if the Russians sent nuclear weapons at us, we would do the same and the world would be destroyed.  I think I read that there are still over 400 Minuteman nuclear weapons hidden in silos ready to launch if needed. Insane.

The Badlands by Susie

Again

Terry lost in the Badlands

Apparently the Lower Brule Tribe was an early corn producer for Orville Redenbacher. Bob at the Tribal Center gave us a nice visitor swag bag that included this.  I should add that the Lower Brule Tribe is part of the Lakota which is within the Sioux Nation.