From the Badlands to Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, and Devil's Tower, we filled the Chevy Tahoe full of camping gear and made our way from one sight to the next.

Every town we passed through had a tourist trap, every monument we visited was surrounded with hotels, restaurants, and attractions.

I love the Interstate Highway and everything it has inspired and nurtured in the American landscape. No matter how great we become, or how large of an impact we make upon the earth, we cheapen our presence with the smallest details of humanity; until everything before us feels like a joke.