Howard Johnson Inn And Suites Chamberlain

Here we are in Kennebec South Dakota....
What is the reason for Kennebec, you might ask? Well, nothing, that is just how far east we got today, but the last two days have been filled with lots of little towns and some very cool sights.

After we left Deadwood we made our way to Mt. Rushmore, it was pretty late so we grabbed a camp si...

Another sunny morning, around 64F when I left. Rolling from flat farmland to more rolling hills with wind. Not much of a problem until the road construction forced both ways to one side of interstate for ... miles. That meant nice gusty sidewinds combined with many strong gusts from semis and rvs. Lots of fun so not a surprise that I chose the f...

After surviving the "sewer slew" night we went to a place called Mitchell, which is known for its Corn Palace. For over 100 years this town has been celebrating their crops of corn by decorating a very russian looking palace sort of building. At first it was just decorative but then became very elaborate murals depicting events and places in the...

The Lower Brule Indian Reservation was a gorgeous setting for a free night of camping. We tried to contact the administrators of the camp area but the people at the Casino (the only place to find ANYONE) told us to set up our tent anywhere we pleased. So we set up shop right by the Missouri River and spent some time playing with some local girls...

On this rainy day, we decided to visit Crazy Horse memorial and hope to see the mountain. The actual building is just so full of exhibits and you can spend lots of time just reading about all the artifacts. We did watch a movie about how everything started and it is so great that the family continued the work. The clouds cleared for few minutes,...

Day 92 Belvidere - Fort Thompson A relaxed sleep, no m/bikes, no trains and we watched a movie until late, it is surreal at times, we were at the Forestry visitors centre and speaking to the ranger and he mentioned a movie called "Quigley Down Under" nope we hadn't seen it! Then last night it was on Television. How cool is that? Well we set sail...

We got a late start today as usual. It was for good reason though. I had to get pictures uploaded and update the blog. It was colder today and looked like it was going to rain. As we moved north toward Minnesota it cleared up. Still was a bit cold. We did see some interesting wind mills. I had done a lot of work with a company that worked with ...

Much of today was driving. While on the road we got a little history as we went. Did you know that the largest mass execution in the U.S. occured in Minnesota? Mankato to be exact. 300 native americans were set to be executed but an episcopal bishop by the name of Whipple urged President Lincoln to take action. According to history books, Linco...

Both had a great nights sleep in this large BW room. Breakfast was OK and then we set off for the nearby Lakota Sioux Centre by foot along the riverside path. It was a lovely walk - the Missouri is dammed 20 miles downstream and is more like a lake at this point. All the boats in the car-park had gone and we found out where on our walk - the nea...

So we never quite made it to Mount Rushmore tonight. We ended up leaving Chicago a little later than we thought cause of last night's festivities and some sight seeing Sunday afternoon. We ended up driving about 13 hours out of a 16 hour trip to Mount Rushmore. I don't think we'll ever do that again... but never say never though. A few thoughts ...