3 years to make. 25 tons. Entirely skinned in rail road ties. http://yfrog.com/ekihuj

Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, South Dakota

South Dakota: the land of anti-choice abortion billboards. "Life. What a trip! It begins at conception." Punch.

The outside of the Corn Palace changes theme and corn every year. Unless there's a drought.

One farmer grows all the corn for the Corn Palace and gets paid $46,000 / year. They keep the mural changing the corn every 8-12 years.

The Corn Palace is a monument to corn/cornsumerism. http://yfrog.com/5kv5bj

The Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota

Tater tots for breakfast? Sure.

12 hours of driving makes me a very brain dead one. So much to do, but can not concentr— squirrel!

We may or may not be sitting in a Taco John's parking lot eat lentil sloppy joes. http://yfrog.com/0p1nfj

Mitchell, South Dakota

Today has not been my day.

There is worse scenery in the world.

88 miles per hour!

Cental side of Mountain/Central Timezones border on I-90 in South Dakota