La Quinta Rapid City

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. ...

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. ...

... , but it closed at 4pm. Bummer! We called in at Badlands Harley Davidson for another T shirt for Lyn, and then  onto Rapid City, to grab a quick half hour in Borders, which we found is closing down! They are closing 320 stores here as well! We had a ...

... of prairie and plains on this trip, they are no where near as loathsome as the WaTiki Indoor Watersport Resort at the Rapid City LaQuinta. We are normally fans of newer LaQuintas and belong to their loyalty club, LaQuinta Returns, mainly because they are ...

... while. After a couple of hours we decided that we were not ordering pizza and pasta, we got dressed, and headed into downtown Rapid City for a nice meal. Well I was shocked we found the coolest bar and restaurant in the middle of Main Street. It was ...

... the cities, it's the countryside.  Chain restaurants have made all cities seem alike.  Ask about a steakhouse in Denver or Rapid City and you'll get directed to Outback.  It seem like the local color is fading.  The scenery; however' ...

... to Rushmore.  I envisioned all those families at breakfast heading en mass to the wall of presidents. We drove back into "downtown" Rapid City on I-90 and went south on US-16 to Keystone, then 16A to Mount Rushmore.  It is REALLY impressive. I ...

... was sleeping I felt like I was still driving. Okay I know this was not a very interesting blog to read. Next will be our Rapid City, (Mount Rushmore, Bear Country, and Crazy Hourse) entry. Heading out for breakfast and then off to Sioux Falls, SD. Lets ...

... 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 ...

... beds.  It’s interesting, but don’t put this on your bucket list unless you’re going to be in Rapid City anyway. In addition to the red rocks, there are beautiful grasslands, where bison, bighorn sheep, deer, pronghorn, prairie ...

... nbsp;  Sandy swears it was a gay bar too, but I think it was a corner bar in a gay neighborhood.  Leave it to us to find interesting places to visit.   Tomorrow is another long day, we drive to Mount Rushmore, and crash in Rapid City ...

... and Bill Clinton, although I would like to stress that I did not have sexual relations with that man! We (Lyn!) drove out of Rapid City and headed through Spearfish to the Wyoming border. We stopped off at the little town of Sundance, and Lyn grabbed a ...