Radisson Hotel Rapid City / Mt Rushmore

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... stage and a band getting ready to play. The food was great, the band was great but I had two very very tired little girls. Needless to say I ate my food with a child on each knee and we did not stay to long. I wonder what could have worn them out!!!!! Ok next stop for the bolg will probably be in Chicago. Home soon!!!! Love you all thanks for following us the "Gasoline Gypsies" as we take this amazing journey across this amazing land!!!!

... blue sky. This is America's first National Monument. <br><br><br><br><br>This huge monolith is spiritual to all Native American. <br> <br><br><br><br>The tower was formed when Molten magma was cooled underground, and as it contracted it formed into columns. Many of these ...

... is a godsend for us dog people. I always try to get a local motel to support local businesses but Motel 6 is hard to beat. Most importantly, it's good for Johannah; she gets to be in the same kind of room, sort of, every night. They don't charge for her, the rooms are clean and so far; I haven't paid more than $50 for a night (before tax). The people are very friendly and will go the extra mile to accommodate you. Not bad if you are on the road for a ...

... National Park - just a wee digression but it turned out to be really worthwhile. It was a change in the painstakingly boring scenery we had encountered all day and as well, the town near the National Park - Medora - was cute and well worth visiting. There is a really short circular loop that you drive through in the parki - only 36 miles in length - with various interesting viewpoints along the way. Spent a little time in the National Park looking at the scenery and as well, had some ...

I ripped through Minnesota and South Dakota today. Hundreds and hundreds of miles of wide open planes. Such a landscape made bales of hay and tumbleweed quite the attraction. It's very, very difficult to photograph tumbleweed. Believe me, I've tried. Actually I made it sport on that ridiculously long drive. I must mention the super consistent north to south wind gusting the entire way. WIth the kayak on the roof acting much like a sail, I really got to test the strength of ...

... restaurant and bar, which Jim &amp; I visited on Thursday night. For the kids, they have a pool, a water slide, air bounce pad, and water spray park. I hate to admit it, but Friday we did nothing but read and relax. I think we're hitting our limit and found it nice to have no road time and nothing scheduled. Tomorrow we're back on the road, making our way home as far as Wisconsin before making the final push on Sunday.

... very Alpine - amazingly fast change. MJ was still keen for a campsite but even tho' we have gained another hour, arriving in Mountain Time as we left Murdo, it was getting late and instead we found a wonderful cabin with bathroom facilities at $55 set in the woods with the forested hills all around. We're now in the Black Hills of Dakota. We drove on down into Keystone which is actually rather tacky with loads of hotels and tourist ...

... 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 ...