Keystone Boardwalk Inn And Suites

... rival down the road. I would tell you all about it but I think you'd benefit more from looking it up yourself.



Thought of the Day

Is free wireless ever really free?

For reference

I paid $80 to be seen by a doctor
Due to impaired hearing, I thought he said 'rear' when he asked to look in my 'ear'
I have been asked not to go back to that particular medical centre

... other customers were getting. We should have been more assertive and complained...Still this is what we came for, both the good, bad and just plain quirky. Funny how no one seems remotely interested in asking where we're from – except the Jehovah's Witness I met yesterday!! Maybe we should start saying 'Kia Ora' or 'Gidday' more.... :0)

Drove straight to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, arriving just after 3 so it wasn't too sunny and very few tourists ...

... in the grass, the girls thought it was less cool when they all started jumping though the open window into the car! Back in the car, and on a pretty empty road, i cranked the cruise control to 85 and off we went. Would you biffing believe it, in the **** end of nowhere and there was a copper hiding, I only spotted him just at the last second, so hit the brakes and cruised at 70 for the next mile, luckily I think he was in the middle of a ...

... again was feeling a little queasy but so far he hadn't been sick. He just hasn't done well on this trip. I think it's the altitude, and he's not able to clear his ears, so it makes him queasy. After my hour of driving and Marks nap he came up and said he felt much better. Our drive continued and we ecided if evada had the Lonliest road Wyoming had the lonlier road. Boy there sure wasn't much difference ...

... villages. Lots of looking, no touching. He did a good job. We left with our wallets intact. Stayed in a tourist trap of a town - Keystone. Not big. Its real claim to fame is that it is close to Mt Rushmore. Not today. Dinner was a local affair. Prime rib was on the menu. Rib was good. Ordered our boy his first prime rib (kid size). Not sure where it went, but it disappeared quickly - and the ketchup never left its stand ...

... funding assistance for the memorial, the Lakota have consistently declined. When we arrived in our car, it was astonishing how large Crazy Horse was, and I later heard that it would be the largest sculpture in the world, if completed. "Welcome to Crazy Horse! That'll be a $20 mandatory donation to proceed, please", greeted the gentleman manning the entrance booth. Mandatory donation? Sounds like an oxymoron to me. Probably being plenty used to rejection ...

... com/). I hadn't been on one of these slides in ages, so I figured it was worth the nine bucks to give it a go.  Plus I was hungry and there was a burger place at the top.  Epic win! Once I got back down to the bottom in Keystone, it was back up for a trip to the monument itself.  One of the things that surprised me was how high up the carving ...

Started from home in Urbandale, IA. Target Black Hills, SD. We made stop in 1880 Town. Overnight in Wall.
Tomorrow reached Rapid City where we made "base camp".
For next 5 days we visited Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer City, Deadwood, Ho Spring, Tatanka Museum, Devils Tower, WY.

On our way back home we visited Sioux city.

... on our way out of town in a couple of days) and headed back to the lodge. The pool was less crowded this time, so it was much better for Brooks since he didn't keep on running into other people. After the swim we parked the car to see the Mt. Rushmore fireworks, which we could barely see over the tree line. From our vantage point they were "OK". Even though I'm sure the view from the base of Mount Rushmore was much better, I couldn't imagine waiting 13 hours just for that.

... in constructing this monument of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln (from left to right). It was very inspiring to be there today and to see it for myself. It makes me want to learn more about history. Now time for lunch and then off to Badlands National Park, our last national park of the trip. #14 I think. 12:40 - Finished Taco Bell. Off to the park.