We've had very good driving conditions for most of these last two days.

_D7A4925 Tuesday morning in Fairmont, Minnesota, we awoke to an overnight snowfall.

After sweeping the snow off the car, we set out a little late, hoping for better roads.

The first hour and a half were tricky, with snow packed sections and some icy parts.

Lucky for us, we eventually drove into clear roads just before Worthington.

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At noon, we drove into the town of Luverne and found this great coffee shop.

After our lunch, we headed out along I-90 and into South Dakota.

_D7A4937 Welcome to the 80 mph speed limits.

This shows the interstate crossing the Missouri River at Chamberlain.

South Dakota is on the prairies, flat lands of fields and some rolling hills, covered in snow.

_D7A4955 _D7A4951 There are the occasional lone trees.

_D7A4941 We stopped for the night in Murdo.

_D7A4943 Between Murdo and Rapid City, one runs across very many billboards advertising these two establishments.

_D7A4959 _D7A4957 Today we took a detour off the interstate and onto the loop drive through Badlands National Park.

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Then it was back on the interstate. We stopped in Rapid City for lunch, at our usual Panera Bread bakery.

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Shortly thereafter, we crossed the state line into Wyoming.

_D7A5009 The wide open lands of Wyoming seldom yield good photo opportunities, especially with overcast skies and an interstate highway that makes stopping difficult

We ended the day in Sheridan, where it is currently snowing lightly.

We'll await the morning and check out the driving conditions.