Best Western Motor Inn Mitchell

... which has been the most colourful thing on the road so far, but other than that, there is just long stretches or<br>road and prairie &#8211; fun to imagine Laura Ingall's Wilder and her family crossing it in their covered wagon! Bought Kate a picture book about Laura Ingall's Wilder at a gift shop yesterday.<br><br>For lunch we stopped at the GTO Diner beside an Auto museum (had Elvis's Harley, General Lee from Dukes of Hazard etc &#8211 ...

... Palace and has been around since 1892. The murals change every year along with the theme and are made of corn and other native grains. <br><br>Once again last night we had our rain shower. We have had them every night since we have been on the road. Of course it is better to have them then than while Terry is driving or we are out sightseeing.<br><br>Next stop will be for a few days in Custer State Park between the Badlands and Black Hills.

Helen Danny and I managed to get on the road as planned early Tuesday morning. We headed out I64 and drove most of the day to reach Kansas City, Mo. where we spent our first night. All has gone well so far.<br><br>We continued on our journey on Wednesday heading north on I29 until we reached I90 our road across South Dakota. We decided to stop at Mitchell, S.D. to see the ":Corn Palace". <br><br>The Corn Palace is a unique ...

... ourselves with a Chuckwagon Dinner and Cowboy Song Show at the Circle B Ranch . . . yes, touristy but quite a tradition out west . The Circle B has been doing the shows 35 years.<br><br>Friday was our last day in the Black Hills area, and we spent it at the amazing Badlands National Park. This is as close to the moon on earth as you can get. We challenged ourselves with the Notch Trail, a ...

Despite my 15 year old's objections, I had to see the world's only corn palace. Unfortunately, it was neither as corny nor as palatial as I had hoped. Also, we got lost in town, which, as my son pointed out, was a hard thing to do. We had a nice room though (although, IMO, a bit pricey for a rural spot).

... on the road has not stopped me loving jewelry even if I don&#8217;t wear it as much!!). <br><br><br>Pipestone was also used for the buildings in Pipestone MN. <br>One building had interesting faces that we were told were gargoyles - more like cartoon versions than the gargoyles we saw on the Duomos in Italy. <br><br>We also made a detour to see the Corn Palace in Mitchell SD. If you have ...

... we will keep trying. We set off to Mount Rushmore early and enjoyed the drive up to the memorial sight. It really is a very impressive sight, which we almost missed as we spotted two Mountain Goats by the roadside and we were so involved trying to photograph them that we almost missed our first view of the sculptures. We paid at the entrance kiosk to park the RV and Monty was very impressed that the cashier offered him a ...

... the kids to decide if they wanted to go back into the park and hike. "Yes!" they declared. First, we went to the Fossil Trail, a short walk with a boardwalk. Then, Bret and the kids crossed the street to Cascade Trail, which they liked because it didn't have a paved path. "Don't you want some water and sunscreen?" I yelled. No answer. I caught up with them and after 15 minutes into the hike, we returned to get water. Back in the RV, we looked at the trail map to decide where to go ...

... with tons of information. We just parked in the truck/RV lot, extended the slides and had our lunch. We do this off of battery power which means the 12 volt lighting does not work. But anything gas does work. Heading west on the I-90 we finally got a little mileage back and got to Mitchell latter than I wanted. We camped at the city -owned Lake Mitchell Campground. This is the ...

... but all the murals on the sides are made out of corn- many differnt colors of corn...wild. We could have purchased a corn palace snowglobe at the Frontier Gift Shop, across the street- but decided to pass on that opportunity. :) And we were off....well kind of....Ben was off and I was asleep- mornings were still a little rough for me on that darn Central Time. :) I think that picture is Ben's favorite one of the trip...