Fairfield Inn By Marriott Sioux City

Happy birthday Nick! 25 years young. Unfortunately on his birthday we had to drive 10 hours. We left at 11am to Warrensburg, MO to deliver our bunnies, Maggie and Sam to Kristin. She is a nice girl who responded to my craiglist ad to foster our bunnies. She has ...

... was Rita und die Familie mir geschenkt, und ich habe die bilder von letztem Jahr gezeigt, wo darauf ich Erntedankfest essen gekocht habe.

Meine familie haben zum ersten mal richtig gesehen, wie viel ich mich in den letzten Jahr geändert habe. Ich habe mehr geduld mit dem Kinder gehabt und mehrere sachen mit denen getan, als wie früher. Meine cousine Carrie hat mir gesagt, Deutschland war gut für dich Amber.

Aber ein paar ...

... De Soto found it way back when. We had lunch in an original ice cream parlour that had the original decor and fittings dating back to the 1800's. Hot dog was great, the coffe we sniffed then left on the table. We then made our way to Sioux City, Iowa after a few stops at Webster and Rockwell where ther was a threat of a possible twister. No such luck. We had a drink in the bar and started to bond with some English sisters. We laughed SO much.

We started the day with a journey through the Black Hills via a winding road through Spearfish Canyon on our way to Mount Rushmore. On the way, we passed through Lead, SD, where the Homestake Mining Company found the largest single vein of gold in North America. Just before Mt. Rushmore, a tourist village sprang up. But we thoroughly enjoyed our visit at Mt. Rushmore and then we fired up the RV and ...

... Motorcycle Colors Not Allowed" in bar windows and "Beware Of Rattlesnakes" signs everywhere. Question of the Day: What the heck does 'Motorcycle Colors Not Allowed' mean? Cultural Experience: Ate lunch at an Arbys with a small casino in the back Observation: The ...

... I wasn't that impressed. And I walked out of the Mall of America empty handed. Yes, I didn't buy one thing. (Chris is now happy, knowing our bank account is safe.) Sioux City had a great little theatre. Actually, it wasn't little at all, but it was very quaint. Here is a picture of our dressing room. It was a great, full crowd. You could tell they really enjoyed the show. Too bad, the critique who was also there did not...

Day 17: Rapid City, SD to Sioux City, IA States covered: SD, IA (#17 of trip, #21 for Abby, #47 for Paul) Miles: 456 Highlights: Wall Drug, Cruising through the Badlands, Corn Palace Nat'l Park visits: Badlands National Park; Minuteman Missile Nat'l Historic Site Abby meltdowns: 1 when mom and dad stopped for too many pictures in Badlands Tumbleweeds in road successfully avoided: 1 Weather: Hot, but low 90's seem much cooler relative to yesterday. The rain that was ...

... I've ever had, Chris had a coffee and a Fish O'Fillet - all for $7. As always, finding the hotel couldn't have been simpler - the signage is always excellent. It does a free cocktail each at 5.30pm so I've got to finish now to dash off to try them. Apparently they are $1 thereafter - so they are either gonna be awful or it's a ploy to get businessmen to stay here with the company paying for the room. I'll tell you tomorrow.

... and it has made it so much cooler. We've seen such pretty parts of the state, things I never saw when my Dad and I made our first trip to Montana. SD is farms, ranches, tons of open green space. Very beautiful.
Allison suggested that we dip into the NE corner of Nebraska, to get another state under our belts. We were both so happy we did that! We crossed the Missouri River to get to Nebraska. Then we found it again in Ponca State Park, where we spent the night ...

We started the two-day trek home today. We're taking two days to save us from a single-day twelve or thirteen hour drive home, but it also let us check out a couple of other things along the way. First stop was Wall, SD. This town is known for its drug store, appropriately named Wall Drug. It has been there since 1931 and made a name for itself by offering free water to travelers beginning back in 1936. Since then ...