Day 8 (6/27/21): Badlands National Park
I woke up at the Visa overlook that I had stayed at on the national grasslands last night. I woke up at 6:00 to get on the road by 7:00. It was a (Google) 5-hour drive and my goal was to be there by 1:00 p.m. I knew I was stopping somewhere along the way to stretch my legs and get gas, so it would take me closer to 6 hours. On my drive, I was coming up to where I had put in a halfway point to stop and get gas and stretch my legs. However, I was staring straight at a thunderstorm that I was supposed to drive through. It was already pouring rain and the lightning was striking right in front of me. I thought to myself, it's probably not a good idea to pump gas when there's lightning near by. As in over top of me. I had enough to be able to keep going, so I did. But I pulled over anyways, because I wanted to look up if it's safe to drive through it and what to do if you're in an RV. It turns out that being in your car is the safest because if you do get struck by lightning