Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hot Springs

<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 ...

We have not had much luck with the weather here in South Dakota. It seems that Mother Nature has decided to skip Autumn and to instead go directly to Winter. We wanted to take the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway while we were here and decided to give it a try today. We had driven this route during our visit two years ago and it is by far one ...

On this day, we packed up camp and headed to the Black Hills. We went through Wind Cave National Park where we sighted our first buffalo, Tatanka. We couldn't believe our eyes. We had gotten used to seeing cows. This particular one was big and fluffy in the head. We could barely see his eyes. His horns came out of his head, shiny and curvy. He wasn't doing anything but standing there like a statue. He was ...

... grazing cows and sunflowers. We stopped at an overlook for the Missouri River which is one of the bluest rivers we've seen. After that we headed towards the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, we stopped at an Arts n Crafts Store, where the owner told us of places to eat. We stopped to have a late lunch at the Turtle Creek Crossing Supermarket which just happened to have its Grand Opening Day at Rosebud. We had Fried Chicken amidst an air of festivity over the ...

... when it's cold and your tires don't grip the road. But I made it and have pics to show for it. Kept running into the freezing fog here but when I got to the tourist spot 'The eye of the needle' the sun shone and I got some great shots. Stopped at a resort (see lake pics) but didn't stay long because the fog came rolling after me. <br><br>So tomorrow I'll visit Mt Rushmore as well as do a little more touring/ <br><br>C-ya!!<br>

... and had a little sit in the even warmer jacuzzi. And all of this should also be wonderfully good for us since we are floating around in fresh, healthy spa water. And sure enough, our skin was left feeling soft and there was no horrible chlorine after-smell. After a delicious meal in one of the only restaurants that was open - where we were served by a wonderfully friendly waitress - and that was frequented by only locals and us, we slept very soundly.

... day. Okay so it was a little hokey but it was awesome seeing herds of these critters all over the place. It was really cool. On of the antelopes actually played chicken with Joe. Both turned at the last minute. Thank God. We ended the day by going to Pizza Hut around 9:15 pm and had Pizzones. Then we decided to stay at the new local Motel 6. Great end to a perfect day. They even had a hairdryer to dry out my shoes. Daniel &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt ;&gt ...

... were off again into a fairly stiff head wind for 2 days covering 139miles. We're in South Dakota in a town called Hot Springs. It's lovely, just like Scotland. We've had a lovely rest day today exploring the town by foot and swam in the natural hot springs pool. We were having lunch in a cafe when an 'Oglala Sioux' indian man asked Eoin for ...

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