Rapid City, United States Travel Blogs

The blackhills
May 28, 2005 (5 photos)

... a couple of shots of Jagmeister & red bull, surprisingly tasty. The weather has been sunny but windy and the food plentiful and ok.Rapid City is very sprawled and with a car is very hard to get around. Every second shop sells car parts & the other one ...

Rapid City - Mt Rushmore
Aug 16, 2006 (4 photos)

... at Rapid City at about 17:00 on Monday evening, just as it started to rain. We opted for the taxi to the motel (no hostel in Rapid City), a wise decision as the rain was just the start of a big storm that swept across the mid-west - the lighting was very ...

You Want Me to Do What With That Snow?
Jan 15, 2000 (1 photos)

It was the Christmas holiday, and my college roommate, a little more than a year out of Calcutta (Kolkata), India, was about to stay at school for the break. Not on my watch. I asked him to come home to South Dakota with me. He wasn't real sure about ...

Badlands Mount Rushmore and a lost wallet
Sep 24, 1996

... in the nation (its 2009 and still in Pennsylvania i have never seen one that was up and running).  We got out of the city early 6-7am it was going to be a long day;  lots of stuff on the list Badlands National Park and Mount Rushmore National ...

Rapid City
May 29, 2009

Today I went to see Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore. 1 a white mans memorial and the other a red mans memorial. Maybe the glitz and glamour has worn off the Rushmore Memorial but Crazy Horse was definately more appealing. Not only is it much larger (all 4 ...

SD Day
Sep 28, 2008

... So I'm heading to South Dakota. I could stay here 1 more day but it wouldn't be useful so I head on. 6 p.m.: We're here in Rapid City. I am going across the street to a simple diner to get some food and then I'll be watchin some tv and get a good night ...

Wild Bill Hickock
Mar 27, 2007 (5 photos)

We awoke in our little cozy tent to rain.  We were happily dry and warm though.  After subsiding we made some haste to break camp.  We left not a trace but we did leave a pretty sweet pile of wood for the next travelers along the route.& ...

We are out of Wisconsin
Aug 25, 2008

Stayed in a Walmart parking lot Sat. night. Campgrouds were full. We were in Sioux Falls SD. Traveled to the Bad Lands and camped Sun night. Heading to the black hills and we are going to see Mt. Rushmoore tonight and find a quiet place that has ...

Crazy horses
Aug 23, 2006 (6 photos)

Tue 22nd Aug Travelling through Wyoming to South Dakota, the Black Hills so called because they are covered in pine trees which gives them a black look from a distance. Both of us giving out the song " take me back - - - - " etc at full voice. ...

Rapido City - still
Sep 29, 2008

... (which is really helpful to me in the sense that I can read up where I've been and what I did). I realized only yesterday that Rapid City is close to Mt Rushmore so I thought to check it out. They are milking this cow for as much as they can. Billboards ...

Crazy horse - Rushmore & water park fun
Aug 21, 2008

We made the pilgramige to Rushmore and now feel complete!  Deb and I have a bet that if Crazy Horse is mostly finished in 20 years we will go back.  Kids just loved the waterpark!

Crazy Horses and Walls
Jul 12, 2009 (19 photos)

... -shaped clouds, and lots of cloud to ground lighting. (Turns out there were tornadoes just south of us.) We had a solid Italian dinner in Rapid City’s downtown (4 by 4 blocks but clean, walkable, and quaint) before bedding down for the night. 

Fort Hays
Jul 8, 2007

... will definitely be a part of our future, but we're looking forward to getting back to Park City for the fall. We made it to Rapid City, SD this afternoon. We didn't do much when we got in. We did drive down to a memorial site. I found out from Keith( ...

Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Deadwood
Jun 19, 2005 (5 photos)

We never anticipated how deeply moved we would be by our visit to Mount Rushmore. Far from being "only some carvings in rocks" we were deeply moved by the whole experience. Learning why the presidents were selected made us very proud of our country and ...

Mallory's Birthday in Rapid City!
Jul 16, 2007 (10 photos)

... and maybe one of those Spanish bull-riding games. Sorry, Marvin. By the way, just en casa I ever decide to relocate to Rapid City, I've thought of a money-making scheme. I'll open up my own ice cream shop and call it "Frozen Custers." HaHa...I know...I'm ...

Finally, a hotspot!
Sep 7, 2007

Day 1: We left Northville at 7 am on our way to our first camp at Mirror Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI.  We visited the International Crane Foundation, saw wild sand hill cranes, and a pair of bald eagles over Mirror Lake.  The mosquitoes were ...

The Shaping of a Nation....Mt Rushmore
Oct 20, 2008 (17 photos)

... , the passion of these men, who idvidually came to power, and indivdually strived to see their dreams for the United States of America a reality, is truly an inspirational, and challenging story. Onto less emtional and more in-your-face attraction, we ...

Across to Mt. Rushmore
May 26, 2009 (28 photos)

We left Minnesota early Tuesday for the long drive across South Dakota to near Rapid City and Mt. Rushmore. Due to park restrictions, we stayed at Hart's Ranch, a Coast to Coast Resort for one night, then moved over the next day to Rushmore Shadows. ...

We're here in Mountain Time
Jun 18, 2005

... up at o-dark-thirty this morning and got through security and to the gate just as our plane began to board. We arrived in Rapid City around 1:00 Mountain time after an hour and a half lay over in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Everyone here has treated us like ...

Rapid City, South Dakota
Jun 6, 1992 (6 photos)

... of the four presidents, carved in bold relief, symbolize the birth and challenging trials of the first 150 years of United States history. In 1924 Doane Robinson, a South Dakota State Historian, invited the renowned sculptor Gutzon Borglum to the Black ...

The Rig is Ready and the Raasch's are Ramblin!
Oct 6, 2007

The Blue Hornet set sail at 10:00 AM this morning headed west towards Rapid City....the travellers are contending with a serious head wind and the rig is running a little hot. Just east of Rapid City they will head south on Hwy. 83 into Nebraska. At ...

Cabin Fever
Oct 3, 2009 (2 photos)

We have been here in Rapid City for a week now and have had a series of unseasonably cold, wet and windy days.  We've ventured out to the Buffalo roundup, a day trip to Deadwood/Sturgis  and the local pumpkin festival.  But, we have spent ...

day 2
Sep 5, 2007 (19 photos)

... of "Wall Drug" a definite tourist trap with lots of small stores inside the building, but a must stop at and see. I drove on into Rapid City, SD, where I am staying the night. I have a friend that I talk to online who lives here and we met up and had a ...

Hey Rushmore, why the long face
Sep 7, 2008 (5 photos)

... the cities, it's the countryside.  Chain restaurants have made all cities seem alike.  Ask about a steakhouse in Denver or Rapid City and you'll get directed to Outback.  It seem like the local color is fading.  The scenery; however' ...

What a surprise
Jun 4, 2005 (25 photos)

Most people wouldn't think twice about South Dakota, but what a delight it was to find this state one of the most enjoyable places to visit! Mind you, 90% of the state is flat and I was certainly victim of the hypnotic illness of driving a straight ...

Day 16: Douglas, WY to Rapid City, SD (via NE)
Aug 13, 2007 (40 photos)

... 16: ABBY is 5 months old today!!!! Way to go Abby! In other events, we meandered from Douglas, WY to Rapid City, SD (via the Sand Hills of Nebraska) States: WY, NE (#15), and SD (#16) Miles: 425 (though we only made about 100 miles progress east) ...

Our tornado close-up
Jul 13, 2009 (2 photos)

We left the racetrack a couple days ago and made it to western Iowa last night next to the Missouri River.  I caught 4 small mouth bass in a lake we were camping beside.  Today we headed up and into South Dakota on our way to Mt. Rushmore.  ...

Presentation: My Perspective on the Middle East
Aug 27, 2008

Press Release:   Student to share experiences on the Middle East   Ashley Heacock, a Rapid City native and junior at The George Washington University, will share her perspectives on the Middle East. After spending seven months in the region ...

Mount Rushmore
Jun 15, 2007 (2 photos)

Well i was a bit disapointed by the smallsize of those presidentual heads sitting on the rock. They are smaller than i thought. anyway, in that area you will also find that "famous Devils Hat". Remember "encounter of a third kind"?!  that ...

Calgary, Great Falls, Rapid City
Jun 22, 2008 (7 photos)

... to be there for a while. Great Falls looked like a pretty neat place, but we didn't stay. Dave planned a leg to Rapid City, SD. Upon, contact with ground control, we received a warning of large thunderstorm buildup along our line of flight. A quick ...