Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Mitchell

... for an hour and then decided I would have to have one go... scary stuff and doh! forgot to take my glasses off! Luckily the kids saw the glasses fly off my face and Fred retrieved them from the bottom of the pool. Also the saying the bigger you are the faster you go is absolutely true... only went down the once....<br>I don't think the kids realise how lucky they are having the entire 'water park' to themselves though!<br><br><br><br>

... Palace and has been around since 1892. The murals change every year along with the theme and are made of corn and other native grains. <br><br>Once again last night we had our rain shower. We have had them every night since we have been on the road. Of course it is better to have them then than while Terry is driving or we are out sightseeing.<br><br>Next stop will be for a few days in Custer State Park between the Badlands and Black Hills.

Helen Danny and I managed to get on the road as planned early Tuesday morning. We headed out I64 and drove most of the day to reach Kansas City, Mo. where we spent our first night. All has gone well so far.<br><br>We continued on our journey on Wednesday heading north on I29 until we reached I90 our road across South Dakota. We decided to stop at Mitchell, S.D. to see the ":Corn Palace". <br><br>The Corn Palace is a unique ...

... driving rain. In fact, it seems it's been raining almost every day.<br><br>Wednesday we visited Wind Cave National Park, 60 miles SW of Rapid City, passing through a quaint, touristy town, Hot Springs, SD. We took the Fairgrounds Tour at Wind Cave, 1 ½ hours, ½ mile walk in the cool caves. These caves differ from what we know in VA, Luray, for example&#8212;no stalagmites and stalactites. Instead ...

Despite my 15 year old's objections, I had to see the world's only corn palace. Unfortunately, it was neither as corny nor as palatial as I had hoped. Also, we got lost in town, which, as my son pointed out, was a hard thing to do. We had a nice room though (although, IMO, a bit pricey for a rural spot).

... to the Badlands or Black Hills, you may have seen this unusual slice of Americana. The Corn Palace was built in 1892 as a corn exhibition hall. The exterior walls are decorated in murals completed using local corn. They are stripped down and new murals are created every year. <br><br><br>When we traveled through here 5 years ago, the theme was the Lewis &amp; Clark Expedition. This year&#8217;s ...

... rest of the day we spent driving towards West, and we landed in a lovely Motel in Mitchell, the "Thunderbird" which we can highly recommend!! For $50 Dollars incl tax we got the nicest room so far in the US. We had a dinner a a roadside diner, and as we had to wait very long, and Vero started moaning...never leave a girl hungry to long, we were offered a free desert .... a very jummy apple lpie. That is Amercian service !! :) The place is called "Country Kitchen" (a chain we believe).

Amir og Rune spiste Cowboy-suppe! Dette er med andre ord cowboyland. Var ute paa den lokale puben paa kvelden, der traff vi paa en mengde mildt sagt rare mennesker. Hoydepunktet denne kvelden var nok en wet t-shirt contest der en dame med downs (nesten) stakk av med seieren. Mitchell har for ovrig 14,500 innbyggere, og hun som jobber i den lokale baren har vaert i 10 av de 50 amerikanske statene, det er 2 mindre enn oss, hah!

... National Monument. We stopped by the visitor center and viewed the movie talking about what life was like for those who manned the missile controls. Then the park ranger did a question and answer session. At one time South Dakota had 150 minuteman missiles. Most of them have been destroyed with the end of the Cold War. I realized that last time we were out here, those missiles were still in action since we were ...

... alike. Consulates exist in Wall, the capital of Wall Drug country. Yes, friend, welcome to the land where corn and wheat sway in the breeze and if it ain't King James, it ain't Bible. It's not hard to find this place. Every five miles along South Dakota's section of I-90 reminds you that family fun exists only 60, 55, 50 and so on miles away. Six signs inform you to exit. My wife, being a ...