Ramada Rapid City West

Travel Blogs from Rapid City

A day of Travel

A travel blog entry by bot989

... cocktail overlooking the lake. To my chegrin, the longue is right next to a jewelery store and while waiting for the drinks to come Debbie found the perfect ring! Well its her birthday what the hey. This morning again I am up and waiting for the rest of the world, we will be off to check out Mount Rushmore. I will be sad to leave the Chateau but ...

Bighorn National Forest (Rocky Mount Sister Range)

A travel blog entry by srhodes

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... to climb... and climb... and climb... with no end in sight. As we get higher and higher we began to see trees and it is more green. Rolling hills and grassy areas. Finally, the mountain levels out and we look at the elevation and we are around 9000 feet! And it is very flat here too. Totally unexpected. It is a large plateau. There are a few houses and a couple of stores here.

We see several ...

Free Denver

A travel blog entry by g7s22

... major candy producer in the U.S. that still hand forms all of their candies. We were able to watch them make candy canes and chocolates. We all enjoyed a visit through the gift shop, were we spent enough money to make up for the free tour. Tip from Hammond's Candies: Q: How do you get your two pounds of chocolate from the factory to your hotel without it melting? A: Eat it in the parking lot. ...

Its all just rocks, but what rocks!

A travel blog entry by argieuk

This is a top pick!

... at all, so we were feeling very annoyed. However, then we saw quite a few herds of buffalo and some deer, and a herd of dumb donkeys. So honour was satisfied.
Proceeded towards Mt R, along a VERY winding road. Dozens of hairpin bends, most of which were so tight we could hardly get round them in one go. Martin had to work very hard. Couple of one lane tunnels, and teo pigtail bridges, where the road went round 360 degrees and across a wooden bridge to get ...

Tri-State

A travel blog entry by mrlocation

... population 15) and the Geographical Centre Of The USA. I had originally planned to get to just past Mount Rushmore today, but I thought it was better to have a leisurely evening eating well, doing some laundry and chilling in a hotel room. We ate at the Red Lobster in Rapid City and stayed in the comfy Comfort Inn at the same exit 59 of I-90.

John & ...