Dakota Spur Hotel
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Black Hills
... left on the range, necessitating active management. The auction draws breeders and meat companies looking to supply the burgeoning demand for the lean meat of the buffalo.
The process of sorting and examining these huge animals involves common ranch chutes and a cadre of dedicated volunteers. There are people herding the cattle in the corrals in tractors, volunteers shaking pom poms at the animals to keep them moving and ever ...
The afternoon that wasn't
... were about to leave when the woman at the cash register suggested we look upstairs. So up we went under the sign that said antiques. We found the upper floor full of all sorts of "stuff". Jacob exclaimed, " I feel like I am in American Pickers". Micah wanted to buy a plastic horse, big surprise. We managed to escape without the horse.
B-B review: 3 thumbs up,3 thumbs sideways, 1 thumbs down.
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Hot Hamburger and Late Night Swim!
... played transformers in the pool, a family with little girls came to swim also. The boys were busy pretending to stab and drown each other in the pool (while the little girls were doing water ballet) – it was quite a show. And by the way, it is possible to lounge by the pool in South Dakota, covered in a blanket – I did!! It was like 71 degrees ...
Badlands and Mt Rushmore
... being their 70th anniversary. Bikers are everywhere and the event doesn't even start for another week. Lots of big rigs and tour buses pulling trailers full of bikes down the highway. We were told by locals that the airport fills with private jets that have bikes shipped in for this event! I was told the event normally will draw 1/2 a million ...
Day 9 - Sunday
... we both are good to go as he has power and I now have power to charge my batteries.
Well, now it is morning, and I need to pull my extension cord back out of the box. I tried very hard to keep the old guy's power cord plugged in while I lifted the breaker box cover to pull out my extension cord. Uh, didn't work. His cord fell to the ground once again, so I quickly yanked my cord out and plugged in his again. I jumped back over the fence as fast as I ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking