Comfort Inn And Stes Rapid City

... He gave me some strong antibiotics so I hope to be back to full health in time for tea and crumpets on the front lawn.<br><br>With a new found respect for life coursing through my veins, I headed to Mount Rushmore to see four giant faces in a row. And I wasn't disappointed. There were four of them. They were giant. And strike me down if they weren't in a row. <br><br>Just down the road was Crazy ...

<br>Overcast and cloudy this morning looking out our window into the carpark of the hotel. Free Hotel breakfast was standard American buffet with the added interest of 'make your own waffles' &#8211; of course 3 of us had to try them (Kate wasn't keen). Hitting the road at 9am we hit a country road where we were the only vehicle for miles and miles. Stopping to use a restroom at a Wyoming gas station, Josh had fun counting out his allet full of pennies for a Hershey bar ...

... features. <br><br>After gazing at 60' heads for a while we jumped back on the road for an adventure through Custer State Park. We were on the lookout for animals and boy did we get what we hoped for! After stopping off at Crazy Horse, the barely finished sculpture of Geronimo, paying $20 entry for the car (waste) and walking through an Indian gift shop...we starting seeing our first signs of wildlife ...

... invisible, like a haha.  I saw some soaring brown birds of prey, which I later discovered from my "Mac's Field Guide" were golden eagles!  I also saw loads of prong horn happily mixed in with the black angus herds.  We only went through a couple of towns in 200 miles, one of which was Hiland pop 10 elev 5998! My theory that the 2 lane highways go through more towns was shot to pieces.  The road descended further into more mundane, man-made scenery, with the now familiar giant ...

... to rent this weekend...I don't have a phone yet, but plan on getting one the day after I land...I don't know what countries I'll be traveling to this time around in the Middle East, but do have a few ideas in mind...And I don't know exactly what I'll be doing at my job, but look forward to starting a new chapter in my life and continue having adventures! I'll probably write occasionally on this blog, so check back when you get the chance! Peace, Salaam

... the other part of the unicyclists crew who'd returned from where ever they were. We sat down and they educated me on what the sport of unicycling had to offer. Many events were happening at this competition including high jump, long jump, mountain unicycling. I never knew. I found myself an empty room down stairs in the basement that no one was using and slept in my sleeping bag with an airpad that Arik provided. Not a bad night's rest either. Miles driven today: 677.3mi Daniel

... jobs we had to do such as getting our mail ( Americas Mailbox) and seeing where our address was located then onto the Bank (Wells Fargo) who were welcoming and very good. We did a little driving around and were feeling pretty brave so headed up to get our drivers Licences from the DMV (depart of Motor Vehicles) well what a diaster and I am awarding Sheryl of the Rapid City DMV a gold star for UN ...

... trap with lots of small stores inside the building, but a must stop at and see. I drove on into Rapid City, SD, where I am staying the night. I have a friend that I talk to online who lives here and we met up and had a nice dinner and good conversation. I have a few more people to meet along the way and I am so excited about meeting all of them. Don't worry Mom............. I now how to meet people safely.

... concerned about being cold that night even though it was very warm during the day. The camp was in a pine forest and on a lake but it was primitive camping so no on site electric or water.. They did have nice, clean hot showers.. We made it through the night but it was cold but we were OK on our air mattresses and zipped in the sleeping bags but it's a bit of a shock to get out of those bags in the morning cold. Brrrr... It had rained twice during the ...

... 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