Holiday Inn Rapid City-Rushmore Plaza, Sd

... He gave me some strong antibiotics so I hope to be back to full health in time for tea and crumpets on the front lawn.<br><br>With a new found respect for life coursing through my veins, I headed to Mount Rushmore to see four giant faces in a row. And I wasn't disappointed. There were four of them. They were giant. And strike me down if they weren't in a row. <br><br>Just down the road was Crazy ...

... the man agreed and asked Fred where we<br>were from &#8211; first time someone has asked since we've been here! (Apart from the JW girl). Fred told him and then asked him where they were from, he said Canada. I told him that he was the first person to ask us that, American's just don't ask us where we're from &#8211; he laughed and said, &#8220;They don't much ask me either!&#8221; which I thought was very funny.<br><br>Drove back to Custer, SD where we are staying in a ...

... formations with three scenic drives and one of the nation&#8217;s largest bison herds. Bison roam free along with mountain goats, pronghorn (antelope), big horn sheep and coyotes. The Park covers 71,00 acres in the Black Hills and has several road trips including the Wildlife Loop Road &#8211; passing through grasslands and rolling hills; Needles Highway &#8211; hairpin curves and narrow granite tunnels leading to Sylvan Lake and Iron Mountain Road which is ...

... br> <br>Some of the Bison were right next to, or very close to our bus, however, the larger herds were farther away. <br> <br><br>We also had a fun stop to feed the wild, but very tame, burros. Dan gave us leftover pancakes to feed to the burros, which was fun....especially, when I was trying to feed them with my left hand while trying to take photos with my right. <br><br><br>Then ...

A very long day yesterday. We started out around 8:30 am, having decided to go as far as Rapid City, SD if we could. However, we didn't want to miss Little Bighorn National Monument. We arrived to find that the park was open, though there were intermittant power failures and the road through the monument was only open for the first mile. Both Maggie and I had been looking forward to this, though perhaps looking forward is not the best term for visiting a site that has such sad ...

... the wall was actually suggested by America? Then out to Mt Rushmore. Did a self guided audio tour on a walking trail around the base of the memorial. Very interesting and quite something to see more so because of the wonder at what it took to make the memorial rather than gazing on the faces of the Presidents. That being said, getting beneath the faces on the walking trail, one gets to look pretty close-up and one can then appreciate the workmanship. It is ...

... trip, like marriage, is a give and take...a Carhenge for Mt. Rushmore...and in the end we all ended up happy. Before 7 pm we were at Mt. Rushmore. Ann was not disappointed...it was beautiful, especially at sunset. We ended up in Rapid City for the night, not much further east, but wow, what a day we had. Trivia: Who narrates the film shown in the Mount Rushmore visitor center? As you may see, today's photo album is a bit full -- b/c Paul really got into some of his subjects. Enjoy.

... so fed up she started their car, he went to the boot to get me a business card with instructions to call him when we got to Portland. We drove on to Custer and found to our immense delight that this weekend (only) it was free entry. There are herds of buffalo, elk, deer, prairie dogs all protected in the Park. They have a scenic nature trail which we took to the visitors centre with thunder in the distance (we're getting used to this ...

I got an early start heading south on 83 then west on I-90. I made a short stop at the Murdo rest area and crossed into mountain time a little bit further down the road. When I reached Kadoka I stopped at the Petrified Gardens, looked around and had a Dr. Pepper. Years later during my trips to California I would often go rockhounding with my cousins husband whose favorite discovery was petrified wood. Doing a goggle search ...