We're not in Wisconsin anymore. After a 12 plus hour day of traveling, we made the decision to stop for the night in Wall, SD. For those of you who may be considering a road trip with kids, Day 1 is definitely the day to push it as far as you can.... Distance wise that is. By Day 2, my kids have turned into whiney blobs of complaining.... We're hungry, we're tired, we're thirsty. We bypassed my favorite place to stay, Murdo, SD, to get to Wall. The Best Western in Murdo has a great outdoor pool and delicious deluxe continental breakfast...in case you ever find yourself there. It was a good decision to push it to Wall. That means we only have a few hours in the car till we reach our campsite. As we approached Wall, we could see a storm in the distance. By the time we settled into the hotel, the storm was no longer in the distance but right on top of us. Watching the lightening was better than any fireworks display. Each bolt lit up the sky like a baseball stadium at night. Unfortunately, that meant I could see the intense and bizarre cloud structures that certainly meant a tornado, or at least a storm that could produce a tornado, was brewing. My fear of a tornado was confirmed when the tornado siren went off... Less than 50 feet away. It was eerie,panic inducing, and time to get the kids out of bed and down into the hotel's basement. We had chosen to stay at a very retro, no thrills, albeit clean establishment called the Welsh Motel. We have stayed there once before.The hotel managers were friendly and accommodating. After a two plus hour stay in the hotel basement, we finally went back to our room. No electricity, no air, and completely exhausted. The next day was gorgeous and we strolled around Wall Drug and headed off to the Black Hills. It wasn't until later that day that we realized how magnificent the storm truly was.
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