Holiday Inn Express Suites I 90 Rapid City

... rival down the road. I would tell you all about it but I think you'd benefit more from looking it up yourself.<br><br><br><br>Thought of the Day<br><br>Is free wireless ever really free?<br><br>For reference<br><br>I paid $80 to be seen by a doctor<br>Due to impaired hearing, I thought he said 'rear' when he asked to look in my 'ear'<br>I have been asked not to go back to that particular medical centre

... other customers were getting. We should have been more assertive and complained...Still this is what we came for, both the good, bad and just plain quirky. Funny how no one seems remotely interested in asking where we're from &#8211; except the Jehovah's Witness I met yesterday!! Maybe we should start saying 'Kia Ora' or 'Gidday' more.... :0)<br><br>Drove straight to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, arriving just after 3 so it wasn't too sunny and very few tourists ...

... campground outside the city of Custer. It is a beautiful drive through the mountains. Everything is so green. <br><br>Our campground is called Fort WeLikIt Family Campground. Our campsite sits among the pine trees and not too far from the road to Custer. As you enter the campground there is a front of a Fort and swing sets. Wish you were here to enjoy them. <br><br>Trixie is enjoying the peace and quiet as she and Tiny are constantly at each other. They drive ...

... Mt. Rushmore National Park. If you ever saw the Hitchcock movie 'North by Northwest' it made seeing it in person even more unique. We had both been to the Monument before, many years ago, before all the Museum and Exhibits that they have now, which really enhance the experience. <br>After that, we were driven on the very scenic, narrow and winding Iron Mountain Highway (that originally ...

... old school Zesto ice cream stand waiting to buy a shake and a malt [side note: yesterday Ann was lamenting that we had made 0 stops for ice cream on the trip, so we had to stop when we saw Zesto on such a hot day] Paul was cooking up a proposal. [Background: Ann was disappointed that our trip was not going to take us past Mt. Rushmore, but Paul had previous been to the many national park sites in western South Dakota with his mom so he wasn't planning to head through ...

An excellent night's sleep and breakfast on the picnic table outside the cabin. We decided to stay an extra night and chased down the owner to see if it was available - not a problem. Lovely sunny day as we set off for Custer State Park, stopping off at Kemps Kamp site first - it's 2 miles out from Keystone up a narrow road next to a stream. Fairly basic - but a nice owner. We plan on camping there tomorrow night. We set off for Mt ...

... the Cliff Shelf Nature Trail a little further on. I stopped a while at the visitor center then onto the Gullies Overlook and the Pinnacles. What a day. I even saw a veritical rainbow that went straight up in the distance. <br> I was back to civilization when I reached Grand Rapids, stopping at the Ruchmore Mall where I got a late snack and picked up a book, groceries at the Kmart-supplies for the next few days as I would be ...