Best Western Lee S Motor Inn Chamberlain

... We had some time to kill and thought we would check out Rapid City, we found a brewery to stick with our brewery in every state mission. It wasn't one of our favorite city as of yet. Other than the beer, Rapid City pretty much gets two thumbs down! After we left Rapid city we're headed back to Mt. Rushmore. Every night they do a lighting ceremony and show a short film about the mountain and the presidents. Seeing it all ...

... in the little office looked up from the weather channel to take in a biker sharing their fishing headquarters. Walleye was being slaughtered in abundance apparently.

Chatted with a couple of folks about weather, fishing, jobs and of course the Vision. Found a spot in front of my door, between the trucks and boats.

Not much open on Labor Day but Mickey Dees, sigh.

... the gravel roads and finally end up in corn fields lost !! The woman I asked for directions - she and her daughter were laughing but they got us on track and really I wasn't that far off base ! Well this was another Gem that blew us away because we were not expecting the whole quarter section of land to be involved in reenacting their homestead. First you see the sod house, then the Shanty house and then finally the 3 room ...

... ourselves up in our tent to shield from the massive amounts of bugs and called it a night. Right at sunrise I felt something hit me on the head. Cory was totally asleep so I knew it wasn't her, so I looked out of the tent and saw two wild dogs running around...maybe coyotes but Im not sure. I was actually thankful for the one stepping on my head because I got to catch the gorgeous sunrise!

On this rainy day, we decided to visit Crazy Horse memorial and hope to see the mountain. The actual building is just so full of exhibits and you can spend lots of time just reading about all the artifacts. We did watch a movie about how everything started and it is so ...

... the glue off the sides of them so they cam be used as the floor for the museum.  It was hard work, but the weather was beautiful and it was nice to be outside.  At noon, we ate a lunch provided by the town.  They cooked roast beef and potatoes, lots of salads, and a buffet of deserts.  The roast beef was cooked by an 85-year-old man who wasn't healthy enough to come help with any of the projects but really wanted to participate in the ay with us ...

... never mind you guys know we do our best to keep up and you will catch up as soon as we obtain internet again. We are still heading East and most likely will cross into Minnesota tomorrow, another state and more to explore. We have crossed another time zone and Karon is complaining about "them pinching another hour off her" No matter how it is pointed out that she was given a whole day when we arrived, her complaint about losing the odd hour stands as far as she is concerned. Go figure!

... didn't much care for processed meat. The best part of the museum, IT WAS FREE. Spam is a combination of Ham, Pork, salt, sugar and water. They had a movie, some history, and a participation area. You could pack SPAM, and package it to see how long it took you. (it was just a bean bag, not the actual thing). Then lo and behold, around the corner, a beacon of light came into the room saying, " Would you like to sample some SPAM?" They had all kinds ...

... Hardy episode occurred aided and abetted by a strong wind. We'd brought a 6-man tent for $50 in Wal-Mart a few weeks back. It was ok actually - easy to put up - but its entire "strength" derived from two thin poles about 12 feet long which form a cross that the whole tent hangs from. Anyway we got it up ok - then the wind built up - it reached the point where half the tent was flat to the floor and the fly sheet ...

... the food and salad bar were excellent and the margaritas....oh the margaritas. We'd probably have been ok if we hadn't met up with Bob (who'd won the largest fish contest that day) who came and sat with us. He was smashed because everyone had been buying him drinks for winning - but very nice drunk. We had a pleasant kinda chat (as best you can with a drunk) with him and this led onto our third margarita. Think he was very taken with Chrissie. Probably our best evening so far.