Best Western Ramkota Hotel Sioux Falls

... we see hundreds of windmill generators dotted throughout the corn fields.<br><br>Just before we cross from Wisconsin into Minnesota we cross the Mississippi river Cath spies a drive-inn diner complete with waitresses on roller skates. We couldn&#8217;t have lunch as our van was too tall to fit under the awning oh well we will try to find another<br><br>Next we cross the bridge over the Mississippi and we go under it to explore here we ...

... were to meet next day to look at the Big Sioux River falls. Planning ahead, he had a crew dam up the river above the falls. At the perfect time, Pettigrew gave a signal to a crew out of sight up river tobreak the dam. The banker looked out astonished at the flow of water and agreed to the financing. The Queen Bee Flour Mill was designed to turn out 1200 barrels of flour a day and stood 105 feet tall. The overly ambitious project (not really enough water) failed in two ...

... we took, led straight to a herd of sheep out in the meadow, along the road and crossing the road. Several cars pulled up beside me as we furiously snapped photos.<br><br>Near the exit on the East side, I stopped at a "Original Homestead". Inside the store entrance, I bought a couple of souvenirs for my grand-daughters. (Ha, ha, now you'll have to keep guessing for weeks, girls!). <br><br>From Badlands to Sioux Falls was a long ...

A stop over in this small town after a long day. <br><br>We called into Cracker Barrel for a meal before heading for the Holiday Inn. This was the first time visiting Cracker Barrel despite our number of trips to the US in the past. Shame really as the meal was good. It's an early start tomorrow.<br><br>Chicago tomorrow

We entered Sioux Falls around 4pm. It was hot and stuffy when we arrived so after setting up our motor home we went straight to the pool, only to discover that it was completely covered in leaves. it looked as though no one had swam in it in a while. But as we found out its going to take allot more than leaves to stop the pringles from swimming. So we went in anyways. Morgan so ...

We started the day at Mount Rushmore. None of us had ever been there before. We used the audio tours again, and learned a great deal about the carvings, the presidents, the Black Hills and the Lakota people. It really is a special place, and we enjoyed the sculptures and hiking around through the park.<br><br>After Mt. Rushmore, we traveled through the Wind Cave National Park on our way to Hot Springs. We saw herds of buffalo and elk, and stopped for a close up look at both. It ...

From Indianapolis we headed to South Dakota passing signs for 'Wall Drug' for miles along the interstate?! We spent the evening with Pam &amp; Matt in Sioux Falls. <br><br> <br><br><br> We had planned to go to a baseball game for the evening and we arrived eagerly a little while before the game started. As we had tickets that included ...

... affronted by this slur on her waitressing skills, one of the waitresses followed outside and, although we couldn't see anything, we can only assume that the level-headed discussion regarding the quality of the restaurant continued - possibly in the form of some disagreement around the dessert spoon being in the wrong place or suchlike. Just when we thought it was all over round two began when the karaoke started. This was ...

... hotel the front desk lady told us there was a giant 'Vettes fest in the town that night. She then aked us what kind of car we had. . . . Sorry, Stella. We check into our hotel room, which Phil failed to tell me is a hot-tub suite. (He thinks he's sooooo sneaky). This means in the middle of our room is a giant whirlpool tub flanked with mirrors. A little creepy, but still cozy and relaxing after a long day of driving and sight-seeing.

I left South Dakota when there was snow still on the ground, to drive to Dallas, TX. I had a car full of stuff to move, and my cockatiel, Buddy II (he learned to whistle 'Hotel California' since that's pretty much the only album I played all the way down!). I stayed at a rest area one night, where a couple of truckers pulled their trucks close enough to my car so no one could break in while I was sleeping, and they gave me ...