Quality Inn Mitchell

... didn't have time to go into museum). Food and service was much better here, even got asked where I was from in the gift shop! We had our first taste of Boston Cream pie &#8211; which was sort of like a maderia cake, sandwiched with a vanilla-ish<br>cream/pudding stuff and iced with chocolate icing. Fred had a Denver sandwich, which was scrambled eggs with ham &amp; capsicum, 'sandwiched' between two slices of toast. The salads here all ...

... 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 ...

... ourselves with a Chuckwagon Dinner and Cowboy Song Show at the Circle B Ranch . . . yes, touristy but quite a tradition out west . The Circle B has been doing the shows 35 years.<br><br>Friday was our last day in the Black Hills area, and we spent it at the amazing Badlands National Park. This is as close to the moon on earth as you can get. We challenged ourselves with the Notch Trail, a ...

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).

June 7 - Day 1<br><br>St. Lou to St. Joe: <br><br>Ho-Hum<br><br>June 8 - Day 2 <br><br>St. Joseph, MO to Mitchell, SD<br><br>Spent first half of the day watching corn grow in western IA. Had ample opportunity, as Iowa has taken this Stimulus package seriously. Eleven separate construction sites on the 151 miles of I-29 twixt MO and SD! Wish I'd had the concession on orange road work cones for this neck of the woods!<br><br ...

... is &#8220;America&#8217;s Destinations&#8221; with scenes of Washington D.C., Statue of Liberty, Space Needle in Seattle, Golden Gate Bridge, St. Louis Arch, Alamo and Davy Crockett, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Kennedy Space Center, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument and (of course!) the Corn Palace. Not exactly on par with the murals we saw in Italy but interesting in its own bizarre way!!<br>

... to press on with some haste to make up time. The great prairies were home to Steers, proper western cows, with huge great horns and we went past herd after herd until the land gave way to flatter arable pastures that went on and on for miles. We got into the campsite just before dark - we had lost an hour as we passed into Central Time Zone. We were tired, but still found time to complete the dobey and write up this blog before hitting the sack.

... it would say. At one rest stop ramp, it instructed, "Continue, 67 miles," which made us laugh. We rolled into Mitchell, South Dakota at 7:00p.m. with Harmond and Bret REALLY wanting to see the Corn Palace. "That's it?!" Harmond said, disappointed, when we walked in and it's nothing on the inside but a basketball stadium that sells Corn Palace stuff. Bret declared that it should be on the list of "1,000 things NOT to see before you die." We walked into a restaurant for dinner, but we ...

Stopped at Devil's Tower on the way to Mitchell. It is the mountain (actually a volcanic plug) featured in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Also visited Mount Rushmore (the sculptures were created by dynamite, not carving) and the semi-finished Sitting Bull monument.