Hi All,
We had a wonderful weekend. We toured the Badlands and Devils tower.
We started on Friday night went to Wall and we got caught in a horrific rain storm as we entered Wall.It was raining softly on the highway but it got intense as we came to wall, got in to the famous drug store. Thre was a deluge which luckily did not last along time. It is surprising that we did not buy much there except some Copper Jewelery. We saw a beautiful rainbow as we were leaving Wall.
Our dinner at the Cactus Cafe and Lounge was so so, a buffet with some good fruit in the salad bar.Beef chicken and fish on the buffet, they also had Buffalo meatball.
We took the Badlands loop road Hwy 240 from wall to Badlands. The sun came out and had good sunlight and few hours to see the badlands formations. We also saw some bighorn sheep in the Pinnacles area. We stopped at several lookout areas as the light started to dim. We stayed at Badlands inn just south of the Badlands in the town of Interior,it is run by the concessioneer that runs The Ceder pass lodge inside the park boundary.Next morning we saw the rest of the badlands,took some short walks took pictures.
One interesting thing was our visit ot Pioneer Dan Browns homestead- sod house,it is one of the only two such structures in the country, by far the best.Many white Praire dogs, most of the others are Brown variety. We ate lunch at Cactus flat, Hot dogs and root beer,I had Buffalo hotdog and mom had beef hotdog.This was topped off with soft ice cream cones. All of this was on the east side of the Badlands. We went back in to the bad lands and finished up the rest . We went on the Sage creek rim road which is on the west side of the park and is a dirt road, where we saw some awesome vistas, some Buffalo and a herd of Elk. This sort of lead us back to Hwy 240 and to Wall where we took the I90 back to Rapid.
We ate at Pirates table in Rapid city, a quaint restaurant, with great menu, all the male waiters are dressed like pirates but without eye patches. Excellent Fillet for mom and Scallops for me. Great Tiramasu for dessert.
Sunday we went to The Devils Tower in Wyoming about 90 miles from Sturgis. The drive was great, the weather sunny but cool. We took a loop around the base of the Tower. Nice walk, with lots of ups and downs, great views of the tower. There were some climbers that we could see on the tower, The columns from the tower have been falling down for ages and that is what surrounds at the base, boulders at the base. We also saw somwe falcons flying at the top. The tower is not circular but oblong and flattened on two sides. The Devils tower is 841 feet tall.
The Tower is celebrating centenary, the actual date is in September.There was a picnic for the old settlers to day at the monument as a part of the cnteneary.There are several othe activities till September.
Mom is bringing all th pictures taken so far ,on two CDs.
Love,
Mom and Dad.
We had a wonderful weekend. We toured the Badlands and Devils tower.
We started on Friday night went to Wall and we got caught in a horrific rain storm as we entered Wall.It was raining softly on the highway but it got intense as we came to wall, got in to the famous drug store. Thre was a deluge which luckily did not last along time. It is surprising that we did not buy much there except some Copper Jewelery. We saw a beautiful rainbow as we were leaving Wall.
Our dinner at the Cactus Cafe and Lounge was so so, a buffet with some good fruit in the salad bar.Beef chicken and fish on the buffet, they also had Buffalo meatball.
We took the Badlands loop road Hwy 240 from wall to Badlands. The sun came out and had good sunlight and few hours to see the badlands formations. We also saw some bighorn sheep in the Pinnacles area. We stopped at several lookout areas as the light started to dim. We stayed at Badlands inn just south of the Badlands in the town of Interior,it is run by the concessioneer that runs The Ceder pass lodge inside the park boundary.Next morning we saw the rest of the badlands,took some short walks took pictures.
One interesting thing was our visit ot Pioneer Dan Browns homestead- sod house,it is one of the only two such structures in the country, by far the best.Many white Praire dogs, most of the others are Brown variety. We ate lunch at Cactus flat, Hot dogs and root beer,I had Buffalo hotdog and mom had beef hotdog.This was topped off with soft ice cream cones. All of this was on the east side of the Badlands. We went back in to the bad lands and finished up the rest . We went on the Sage creek rim road which is on the west side of the park and is a dirt road, where we saw some awesome vistas, some Buffalo and a herd of Elk. This sort of lead us back to Hwy 240 and to Wall where we took the I90 back to Rapid.
We ate at Pirates table in Rapid city, a quaint restaurant, with great menu, all the male waiters are dressed like pirates but without eye patches. Excellent Fillet for mom and Scallops for me. Great Tiramasu for dessert.
Sunday we went to The Devils Tower in Wyoming about 90 miles from Sturgis. The drive was great, the weather sunny but cool. We took a loop around the base of the Tower. Nice walk, with lots of ups and downs, great views of the tower. There were some climbers that we could see on the tower, The columns from the tower have been falling down for ages and that is what surrounds at the base, boulders at the base. We also saw somwe falcons flying at the top. The tower is not circular but oblong and flattened on two sides. The Devils tower is 841 feet tall.
The Tower is celebrating centenary, the actual date is in September.There was a picnic for the old settlers to day at the monument as a part of the cnteneary.There are several othe activities till September.
Mom is bringing all th pictures taken so far ,on two CDs.
Love,
Mom and Dad.
posted by Tata | 9:51 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Pad--Must be dull without me - your blog got stuck on last week. Just want to let you know I checked and that the really good picure of the two of us with Devil's Tower in the back is now covered over. Check it out. Miss you and am looking forward to July 1!!!! :.) Love. me
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