Holiday Inn Express Suites Mt Rushmore Keystone

... 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

... Fred was a amused by a local 'Chilli cookoff' poster. <br><br>For lunch we stopped at a little Wyoming town called Lusk. The restaurant was called 'Triangle 4 Cafe &amp; Steakhouse' and so far on our trip across the U.S they win the dubious award of 'Worst Service'. When we arrived the waitress told us to find a table, but it was a good 8-10 minutes before she came over with menu's &#8211; normally you can hardly sit down before you're handed a menu. Yet when a group of ...

... State Park has campgrounds, cabins and a lodge, all of which require reservations during the summer season. And, we've learned that the most scenic portions of the byway close after the first snow fall - so plan accordingly!! <br><br>Here's a link to the Norbeck Byway http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/24 59/<br><br> <br><br> <br><br>

... loved the ride. Now Andrew says- and Anthony too- he wants to have the helicopter ride. Well this is a 10 minute or so helicopter ride above keystone past Mt Rushmore and back. We'll see - it's mighty expensive. The weather was beautiful today/ comfortable a little muggy but nice. A few sprinkles here and there but nothing bad. Maybe another thunderstorm tonight? Tomorrows plan is to go to Mt Rushmore and who knows what else.

... madams. Groan worthy for adults. Fortunately, it all went right over the head of our boy. He turned to me at the end of the story and said "Daddy, can we go?". Phew. Not the question I was dreading.. But the tour was over in an hour. All too quick for us, but worth the price of admission. One of the very few times these stingy Aussies were happy to tip generously. Had lunch in Costner's place. Lots of his memorabilia ...

... across the state into Minnesota. Once we entered into the state, we realized it was all hype, or we caught a lucky break. The roads were fine (although a little lonely at times). Renee and I even stopped on the side of the highway to enjoy the blanket of stars fade away as the sun popped up. Renee and I were holding our bladders in as best we could when we saw a sign for "Crazy Horse Memorial". Since our friend Dylan told us the night before that we "can ...

Efter endnu en overnatning på et Motel 6, stod vi tidligt op (kl 10 - man har vel ferie) og fik en god sund amerikansk morgenmad bestående af æg, bacon, pandekager osv tog vi videre til Mount Rushmore. For dem der ikke ved hvad det er: Det er en af de mest besøgte seværdigheder i USA, hvor en dansker fik hugget hovederne på 4 ...

... SD. On the return trip we spent most of the ride resting our eyes. Once we got back to Keystone we tried our hand at the President Alpine Slide. After my previous failed attempt in Jackson, Brooks and I had no troubles. Michelle even gave it a shot. The chair lift had three-person seats so we were all able to ride up together. We all had a good time. Brooks rode with me and kept on saying "faster, faster". After the slide we headed to Bear Country USA. It was a nice ...

... I arrived at the parking lot and walked up to the visitor center I realized that Alfred Hitchcock took a lot of liberties in the scenes that were supposedly at Rushmore in North by Northwest. No way you could walk up there or climb around it. I got a cup of tea and savored the moment, non-chalantly glancing out the window and oh yes there is the big scuplture of the presidents. Here is a link to the park ...

... out into the Black Hills. Here I did fill up with gas $1.26/galloon as opposed to $1.37/galloon in Kadoka.<br> After checking out downtown Rapid City I went out into the country again and stopped for the night off 16 near Keystone. The Badlands is one of the areas I would like to get back to and see more of sometime.<br> Picture #4 now available from my redbubble portfolio http://www.redbubble.com/people/greenva nartusa