With the exception of the first picture, the other 8 following were taken near the beginning of the eastern entrance to the Badlands National Park. We took lots of nice pics but you know...pictures just don't do justice to being there. Have fun looking at the rest of them and hope you can find Grammie.
When we got to Ellsworth AFB and before we checked in, we toured the Air and Space Museum.
The base was busy during the cold war period and was home to a few Minuteman missile silos.
Tags, removed along with the pins before the bombers took off on June 6, 1944.
A B1-B bomber looking from the rear. Can you find Grammie?
The date on this paper is December 7, 1941.
After touring the museum for a bit,
we did a partial in depth tour of a missile silo.
we did a partial in depth tour of a missile silo.
This is the hatch that crew members had to crawl
into to do work on the missile and silo.
into to do work on the missile and silo.
From inside the silo, looking up towards the 2000 pound hatch.
The old guidance system was aided by sighting on the North Star through a hole,
along with the degree measurements along the inside of the shaft.
Where's Grammie going. No where I hope. I think the missile has been deactivated.
We are now in the Mountain time zone so if you are used to reading the blog in the evening,
you will probably be changing to the morning.
We are hoping that Rapid City doesn't get a hailstorm because if it does, the surface of the van will look like a chinese checkers board...the one with the marbles and indentations.
Our updated license plates seen now includes UT, LA, VT, SC and AK.
I think Julie stifled the competition with her first 2 words. Can't anyone do better?
Good night from Rapid City, SD
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