First up, Devil's Tower.
Then a 3-hr drive, again with the blizzard-like conditions, to a Cold War-era missile silo, armed to the teeth with (now deactivated) nuclear warheads.
You can take a wild guess whose idea this was.
I'll give you a hint: not mine.
I managed to keep myself entertained by sending pics to the Russkie. I figured she'd appreciate the irony of it all.
G was in total and complete Heaven. We got to tour an actual missile site and go underground into the control center. It's hard to imagine that there was a time when these were all over the country, manned, fully armed, and ready to go "just in case." Do you know a missile sent from South Dakota would have arrived in Russia WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES? That blows my mind.
Anyhoo, just a couple more pics or you'll probably be falling asleep, too.
The weather was like this most of the day.
Yours truly would sit inside while King of the Nerds would hop out and look into different deactivated sites.
Bunny Mama won in the end, though. Wine by the fire! Nice restaurant! Midwestern steak dinner!
When we sat down for dinner I took my coat off for the first time since 7:00 a.m.
A wee bit more exploring tomorrow and then back home with this one!
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