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So heres an interesting question which ends in a period. Ha. Ha. I know. Anyways, is it possible to drive from Menno, South Dakota to Eureka, California in only two days? I am excited to share with you the answer. Yes it is! I did not know this until just yesterday but Wyoming does not have Gazelles but Antelope which commonly roam the land and are afraid of people with video cameras probably because a camera can resemble the look of a gun being raised eye level. I also did not know this until the past year or so but the bank Washington Mutual is not in South Dakota but Verizon wireless cell phone service is prevalent all over the state. In Eureka California however, Washington Mutual isn't difficult to locate but finding a Verizon wireless cellphone signal is. In fact, text messaging doesn't appear possible in Humboldt County. Interesting enough, I use to have Sprint PCS service but switched because Sprint was available in Menno SD but Verizon is. Looks like I'll be switching again. Or not!
Did you know that gas prices in South Dakota and Montana have relatively high gas prices (2. 89) but right next door in Wyoming the prices drop nearly 30 cents to around (2.59) per gallon for Surpreme (Prices between grades of gasoline seem to be the same in states outside of California). And so that makes a spread of nearly 50 cents difference in Humboldt county and this is for regular unleaded! Yes, I know, California is the highest in the U.S.
Another fascinating tid bit. Actually, you're probably NOT fascinated by this but did you know that the Columbian ground squirrel is only found in Montana? It looks like a ferret to me but I hadn't even heard of him until I visited a rest area and they could be seen running around the place and sticking there heads up out of their holes like prairie dogs. They like to dig and hybernate during the winter. I'll have to post a picture of him soon. Wait, I don't have one! I'm sure it can be found somewhere on the internet too.
Two finale notes. Apparently there was battle or a series of battles between the states of South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana because there are signs everywhere marking fights with cowboys and indians and a lot of breakdown of equipment perhaps associated with mental illness. It was so bad the creeks, horses and people all went crazy not to mention the broken arrows. There are places and people called Crazy Woman Creek, Crazy Horse, Broken Arrow, Wild Bill, Black Hills, Rapid City, Spearfish, Rushmore, Enemy Creek and the list goes on.