Budget Host Hills Inn Hot Springs

... other customers were getting. We should have been more assertive and complained...Still this is what we came for, both the good, bad and just plain quirky. Funny how no one seems remotely interested in asking where we're from &#8211; except the Jehovah's Witness I met yesterday!! Maybe we should start saying 'Kia Ora' or 'Gidday' more.... :0)<br><br>Drove straight to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, arriving just after 3 so it wasn't too sunny and very few tourists ...

... State Park has campgrounds, cabins and a lodge, all of which require reservations during the summer season. And, we've learned that the most scenic portions of the byway close after the first snow fall - so plan accordingly!! <br><br>Here's a link to the Norbeck Byway http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/24 59/<br><br> <br><br> <br><br>

... the animals loved. We also wondered about the lady walking along the road a mile or two back and the herd was going her way.<br><br>We were so lucky to be close enougth to see the herd. They looked very natural and undisturbed. Our drive continued up and we saw more groups of buffalos on their own. One group had a mother, teenager, and pre-adolescent buffalo eating grass. There were also goat and deers.

... we saw lots of pictures and articles about the Wounded Knee II, the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the conflict in the Reservation at that time, and the standoff against the FBI. It was inspiring and reminded us of our more activist days. We overheard elderly ladies speaking in their language, probably reliving those days. We left with a deep sense of experiencing history.<br><br>After leaving Pine RIdge, we only got as far as the Angostura State ...

One of the last days in the Hill City area we took an all day drive to the Badlands. Through miles and miles of hills and prairie (including the Buffalo National Grasslands) to Interior, South Dakota-gateway to the Badlands. On the way in, there is a prairie dog town. We had never seen prairie dogs in the wild, and as we drove, we kept noticing the little creatures scampering into their holes as we rode by. We stopped and sat for a while to get ...

... and were impressed with the scope of the amount of work that went into the building of a dream. It was much more large and breathtaking in real life. We took a lot of pictures. We decided to move on to see Crazy Horses mountain where they are still carving his image into the mountain. Really impressive. Then we rode The Needle in The Black Hills National Park. This was the most exciting ride I have ever been on. The turns were so sharp that some had a speed limit of ...

... to go to Yosemite because the fires out here were so bad. The ranger said that the fire had been caused by someone's cigarette. One careless action and lots of forest is destroyed and still is after 8 years. All the tours at Jewel Cave were sold out for the day. We visited the visitor center and book store and just looked around the grounds. Then since we were only about 20 miles away, we drove to the Wyoming border ...

... für die folgenden vi** Tage ihr Frische. Die Begrenzung des Kreises (Arbor) stellt ein Ring aus Schatten spendenden Ästen und Zweigen dar, die auf einem G**üst aufliegen und worunt** wir 'Unt**stütz**' d** Z**emonie beiwohnen. Alle wichtige Schritte w**den von Trommeln und Gesang begleitet, was eine **greifende Atmosphäre schafft. D** Kreis darf nur barfuss betreten w**den und nur ohne Wass** und Nahrung, da die Tänz** für die Dau** des Rituals fasten und sogar kaum ...

... 7 out of his 10 children -hey he did not spend all his time working :-), are continuing his work. The scale will be unreal, the hole under his arm is ten stories tall & his arm can stand 2,500 people on it! The tour I was on, was great but the breakfast & supper show was pretty poor, badly cooked beef & jokes about wives. I meet some nice people including a couple RV Jockies, they retired sold up ...