I have... a terrible weakness for plushies. I love getting them when we travel and giving them out as souvenirs to people. Here are the ones we got. Coyote: Look at that sweet face! My parents' dogs were interested as you can see, but he was a gift to my brother. We got him at … Continue reading Plushies from South Dakota!
This museum started with space, went to geology of the region, fossils, early peoples, Sioux, and then finally pioneer life, finished out with a doll art display that I didn't take photos of because there was a sign asking for no photos. You can find their website HERE if you want to visit. I found … Continue reading SD Attractions: Journey Museum and Learning Center
The bad lands were way more impressive than I imagined they'd be. We saw buffalo (no photos, sorry, they were at the gate with cars between us) a prong horn deer (too fast for a photo), prairie dogs by the millions (don't show up well), and a big horned sheep which... I got a photo … Continue reading SD Attractions: The Badlands
After we visited the Mammoth Site, we took a break and then spent the evening at Press Start. This place was so much fun. My husband LOVED it. It's a bar AND an arcade with a wide variety of games over two levels. AND a pizza parlor with a wood stove you can watch them … Continue reading SD Attractions: Press Start Bar/Arcade/Pizza Parlor/Dance Club
This is, flat out, the best place we visited during the entire trip. There was a sinkhole that, well, trapped and killed a bunch a mammoths. And now they're excavating them, but the cool thing is you WALK THROUGH THE EXCAVATION. Some of the mammoths removed and put together. I think one is an actual … Continue reading SD Attractions: Mammoth Site
Now, Crazy Horse isn't complete. All that's done right now is his head and part of the hand and arm. But this is what it's planned to look like: The inscription: And the gate:
So, if you go to Rapid City, South Dakota, you REALLY need to see Mount Rushmore, so you can say you've seen it. Or so I'm told. So I went. It was... a whole thing? I mean, the carving is nice, but the hordes of people were stressful, and I was happy to leave. Very … Continue reading SD Attractions: Mount Rushmore
The next place we went after the gold tour was the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It had both minerals AND fossils, and I took a million photos, but here's a few. We LOVED it, would absolutely recommend going there, but they're only open during the week. Wish … Continue reading SD Attraction: Museum of Geology
Our first day going out and about in South Dakota, we went on a Black Hills Gold Jewelry Tour at Mt. Rushmore Black Hills Gold Factory. Do I have any pictures? No. Pictures were not allowed due to security. BUT, it took us through the whole process from designing the jewelry on one end all … Continue reading SD Attraction: Black Hills Gold Jewelry Tour
We got back yesterday and I missed my Sunday write-my-blog-posts period! Did I think to write these blog posts the week before? No, not at all! Did I write one frantically last minute after driving for 10 hours? Not a chance. I'm downloading photos now, so I'll try to have blog posts up later this … Continue reading We Went to South Dakota!
