Best Western Town & Country Inn Rapid City

... Mountain. It sounded interesting so I set off in that direction. When I got there, however, much to my dismay, there was no horse in sight. And certainly not a crazy one. In the way that Mount Rushmore did exactly what it says on the tin, this place did nothing of the sort. But then I started reading. And watching. And it became abundantly clear that it was more impressive than it's barber shop ...

... Fred was a amused by a local 'Chilli cookoff' poster. <br><br>For lunch we stopped at a little Wyoming town called Lusk. The restaurant was called 'Triangle 4 Cafe &amp; Steakhouse' and so far on our trip across the U.S they win the dubious award of 'Worst Service'. When we arrived the waitress told us to find a table, but it was a good 8-10 minutes before she came over with menu's &#8211; normally you can hardly sit down before you're handed a menu. Yet when a group of ...

Since our epic drive from Columbus, Ohio to Blair (a northern suburb of Omaha), Nebraska on Tuesday, we made the relatively short drive from Blair to Badlands National Park in South Dakota on Wednesday. We found South Dakota to have some rolling hills, some periods of unbelievable flatness, and a few surprising fields of sunflowers (now we know where sunflower seeds come from). The further west we drove, the more the land transitioned from ...

... br><br>Tuesday we visited Devils Tower, America's First National Monument (Teddy Roosevelt 1906). Devils Tower rises 1267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. Once hidden, erosion has revealed Devils Tower. This 1347 acre park is covered with pine forests, woodlands, and grasslands. We saw white-tailed deer and prairie dogs (finally). <br><br>The columns that create Devils Tower can be 4, 5, 6, or 7 sided. Some geologists believe the last ...

... and arresting innocent people who have funny last names. It was the strangest feeling. I guess it's just something we get used to here in America, but there's no doubt it has an effect on everybody. Being back in the states has been a bit of a transition. Especially with regards to generosity and hospitality. My mom bought "just the right amount of food" for a party we had! You're supposed to buy more than enough so that your guests can eat ...

... thank you and went on my way towards Mt. Rushmore. The drive was a long through Wyoming. It was the first time that I took a small highway. There was a good part of the trip where I was on a two lane highway. It's kind of scary because driving 80mph right by other cars going that speed in the other direction can have you pay attention to the road more than usual. Near the end of drive through Wyoming, I was driving up an incline and there he is, comes from the other ...

Well today was no better than yesterday, in fact it was was worse!!!! As we said yesterday, the DMV want to see a date stamped in our passport when we are leaving the USA, as Canadians we dont get that , all we have is the date of entry and the type of visa, in our case a B2 which means we are good for 6 months. But the DMV wont or cant do the maths to figure out our departure date, so long story short they ...

... half of the day, tossing everyone toward the windshield every time she tried to clutch, forgetting it was an automatic transmission. We had a wonderful lunch at Blue Bell Lodge, where we discovered just what they really did with all those culled buffalo. A harrowing drive on Needles highway revealed beautiful ...

Our campsite was located in the Horsethief Lake campground of the Black Hills National Forest. The camp sites themselves were reasonably sized, but crammed in right next to each other, but despite my initial apprehension I found that I rather liked it. The other campers were courteous and friendly, and we met many new people whom we otherwise would have had no interactions with. Not to mention the site was bloody gorgeous...

... out into the Black Hills. Here I did fill up with gas $1.26/galloon as opposed to $1.37/galloon in Kadoka.<br> After checking out downtown Rapid City I went out into the country again and stopped for the night off 16 near Keystone. The Badlands is one of the areas I would like to get back to and see more of sometime.<br> Picture #4 now available from my redbubble portfolio http://www.redbubble.com/people/greenva nartusa