The last leg before MN

We missed Wall Drug, the famed place where you can get free ice water and 5-cent coffee because Kate was taking a much needed nap in the car.

But we did get to see the Mitchell Corn Palace, which was a great combination of kitchy and coolness. It's covered with murals made of corn cobs, and they've been putting new murals up for over 100 years.

The only sad part about this stop is that we weren't able to pick up New Jersey for our license plate game. To make it more challenging, we had two rules. One, we both had to see it. Two, it couldn't be in parking lot. We were visiting too many touristy locations, and I thought that would make things too easy.

On the return trip, we ammended the parking lot rule, in an attempt to get all 50. But we didn't see NJ after Mitchell. There were about 8 other states we didn't get, but it was fun to look.