La Quinta Inn & Suites Rapid City

Travel Blogs from Rapid City

Road Block and Detour Amazing RACE

A travel blog entry by brentandjo

After a long day and 3 flights later we arrrived in Rapid City Sth Dakota. We knew we were in the right place because of the Cowboy and Indian pictures at the airport. The car was waiting and we still were minus Brents Clothes and I mean all his clothes. Get me to BED. We didn't even eat dinner.. The La Quinta Inn was nice and clean. But we both …

Road Block and Detour Amazing RACE

A travel blog entry by brentandjo

Hey Rushmore, why the long face

A travel blog entry by captnoindustry

When we left Denver it was sunny and a little hazy. We drove North along the edge of the Rockies until we were well into Wyoming. The terrain was not what I had expected. We were around 5000 ft elevation all day, but we were not in the mountains. What really amazes me on this trip is how the geography and the geology changes. North of Denver is …

Day 3 Corn Palace, Missiles, Homesteads & Badlands

A travel blog entry by cusan

Today has been a fantastic day; in fact, I don't know where to start, so I guess I’ll begin at the beginning, as usual, with breakfast, which was the usual Holiday Inn freebie, but this time it included tiny little custard filled donuts. Lovely, but wrong on so many levels! We managed to leave by 7am again, which was pretty good going.
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Day 4 - Presidents, Harleys, Dead Cowboys & B1's

A travel blog entry by cusan

Well, I'm at the back end of another 14 hour day, but it was worth it. We managed to get out again at 7am, after a disappointing breakfast. La Quinta is definitely not as good as the Holiday Inn’s; no hot breakfasts, lumpy beds and horrible towels.

We decided to make the most of the early start and head straight up to Mount Rushmore …