Don't Abandon The Recklessness: The Move: IN to MT: The Drive

For those of you in the loop, I moved from Indiana to Montana. The two-day drive started on June 6.

Day One

IN to IL to IA to SD

Lizzy taking in the view on my Indy apartment one last time. I absolutely loved that apartment.

Wind farms were the only interesting thing on the drive between IN and SD.

Wind farms again.

My copilot. She looks rather relaxed. I can guarantee you she wasn't. She's not a fan of the car.

The lovely piece of metal that apparently came loose during my first and second gas stops on day one of the drive. It made an AWFUL sound...but I kept driving.

When I got to Sioux Falls, SD on the first night, I stopped at a gas station and had a lovely fellow help me analyze the situation. He had tools and a large truck, so I figured he had to know something about cars. He kindly crawled under my car and cut this thing off for me. I went to the Honda dealership when I got here and they said I'd have to replace the entire exhaust system to put it back on, but that it wasn't essential. Score! I'll just get an oil change. Thanks.

Day Two

SD to WY to MT

South Dakota was pretty boring for the most part. However, it did have lots of billboards for really random tourist attractions. Corn Palace, anyone? This happened to be a brief bit of scenery other than the rolling hills.

The biggest challenge of the entire trip was making sure I had enough gas to find the next gas station. I swear, in some parts the nearest gas stations were two hours apart.

The bugs on the windshield were out of control! Windshield wiper fluid couldn't even touch them.

Hello, WY! It was gorgeous! This was the first thing I saw when I crossed the border.

More bugs and a beautiful sky. I stopped at a McDonald's in Sturgis for sweet tea. It was my drug of choice for the trip and I was going through withdrawal in SD because there weren't a lot of places to stop, not even McDonald's!

I believe there are snow-capped mountains in the distance. I also tried to stop of Mt. Rushmore thinking it wasn't too far off the interstate. Yeah, that wasn't a smart move. I drove through this little town for about 15 minutes and then saw a sign that said Mt. Rushmore was another 20 miles. At that point I turned around since I didn't want to loose three hours of drive time.