2013 Bennett Family Trip - Rushmore, etc.
The Bennett Family 2013 Trip
States – Arkansas – Missouri – Iowa – South Dakota – Wyoming – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico - Oklahoma
National Parks/Monuments – Black Hills - Mt. Rushmore – Devils Tower - Buffalo Bill Dam – Yellowstone – Grand Tetons – National Elk Refuge - Flaming Gorge – Dinosaur – Capulin Volcano
State Parks – Custer – Crazy Horse – George Washington Memorial
Getting to Rushmore, etc.
Our first stop was North Sioux City, SD – KOA- Our Lance 1050S – Sons Lance 820
Mandatory Wall Drug Sign – (Been there done that – kept going)
Crossing Missouri River (Lake Francis Case)
1880 Town – We needed a break.
My daughter and 3 rootin’ tootin’ grandsons (especially the little one – tootin!)
The Badlands NP
Sunset Rapid City, SD at Tee Pee Campground
Mount Rushmore Tour Driver – After the 99 cent all you can eat pancakes
Mount Rushmore – Not enough room for another Rushmore wannabe!
View from 1st tunnel on Needles Highway – Custer State Park
Bison herd at Custer State Park – Roundup once a year and auctions bison to public
Driver puts sign in window before the tight tunnel – always a crowd watching the big bus come through. About 2” clearance on both sides.
Tight tunnel – driver has to position bus and turn slightly in middle of tunnel
State Game Lodge – Former Presidential Retreat – Calvin Coolidge
What the Crazy Horse Monument is supposed to eventually look like. Started carving in 1945
What it looks like after 68 years (Where is the Indian Casino $$ going?)
States – Arkansas – Missouri – Iowa – South Dakota – Wyoming – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico - Oklahoma
National Parks/Monuments – Black Hills - Mt. Rushmore – Devils Tower - Buffalo Bill Dam – Yellowstone – Grand Tetons – National Elk Refuge - Flaming Gorge – Dinosaur – Capulin Volcano
State Parks – Custer – Crazy Horse – George Washington Memorial
Getting to Rushmore, etc.
Our first stop was North Sioux City, SD – KOA- Our Lance 1050S – Sons Lance 820
Mandatory Wall Drug Sign – (Been there done that – kept going)
Crossing Missouri River (Lake Francis Case)
1880 Town – We needed a break.
My daughter and 3 rootin’ tootin’ grandsons (especially the little one – tootin!)
The Badlands NP
Sunset Rapid City, SD at Tee Pee Campground
Mount Rushmore Tour Driver – After the 99 cent all you can eat pancakes
Mount Rushmore – Not enough room for another Rushmore wannabe!
View from 1st tunnel on Needles Highway – Custer State Park
Bison herd at Custer State Park – Roundup once a year and auctions bison to public
Driver puts sign in window before the tight tunnel – always a crowd watching the big bus come through. About 2” clearance on both sides.
Tight tunnel – driver has to position bus and turn slightly in middle of tunnel
State Game Lodge – Former Presidential Retreat – Calvin Coolidge
What the Crazy Horse Monument is supposed to eventually look like. Started carving in 1945
What it looks like after 68 years (Where is the Indian Casino $$ going?)
