Sleepless in South Dakota

We have been on the road for the last 32 hours and it was nice to get off the road early this evening. We once again passed a lot of wild life and were very glad that nothing ran out in front of our van. As evening was falling things sure turned interesting. We ended up in a very small, almost abandoned town which felt very creepy. Not long after getting back onto the right road again it started raining. It ended up turning into a nine hour thunderstorm. It hailed on us three different times. With the hail and thunderstorm we were moving along VERY slowly. At about 11:00p.m. we tried to get a hotel for the night. After about the third hotel we found out that there was a motor bike convention in town and every hotel for several hours in either direction was booked up. At midnight we pulled into a rest stop to sleep. After about 45 minutes of not being able to sleep we started on the road again. It was still raining quite hard so our snail's pace continued. A little after 3:00a.m. we decided to pull into another rest area. We were there for 2 1/2 hours and then we started on our way again. We sure felt your prayers for us yesterday and today as we encountered many obstacles, lack of sleep being a major one today. We are all looking forward to a good nights sleep before we head out on the road again tomorrow to continue our "Road Trip Saga".