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South Dakota Stretch

“Oh my god!” Danielle emits a terrified gasp. “That was close!” Martin says with relief and shock. “What was that car doing? slamming on the brakes like that, all sudden like?” Danielle asks. “It’s a good thing I had time to quickly change lanes!” Martin exclaimed. “Oh yeah” Danielle agrees.

Moments later the pair composed themselves and the car is once again, a peaceful place.

Twenty minutes later it begins to rain. It is a slow starting rain that picks up quickly. Before they knew it there are huge,fat raindrops slamming against the windshield. The sky ahead of them quickly darkened and the clouds infeltrated the sky. “Looks like were in for a bit of a storm” Martin admitted, sarcasticly. “Yeah” Danielle agrees.

“It’s almost 6:30” How much farther?” Danielle asks.
“Grab the map for a minute, I need to check”
Danielle grabs the map from the glove box and shakes it open. She flips to the page that shows Colorado. Martin glances over. “We are gonna need the map for South Dakota”

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