Travel advice - quick cross country trip
Hi everyone, Next month Sally and I are making a quick (3 week) cross country journey from Tennessee to Washington State. I've worked out a route to see the things I am really interested in - will ...
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Hemi Joel wrote:
Funny how tastes differ. I can't get thru Wall Drug without spending a couple hours. How can you not want to spend time with the friendly saloon girls or the 80' dinosaur? And you have to buy a stuffed Jackalope head for the wall in your camper! Rushmore, I would allow about an hour. It is awesome, but you can only look at it for so long. I think at sunset they had a light show or fireworks or something when we were there, that is the best time. Crazey horse was good, mostly for the story, and you can read that without being there. Since you are limited on time, I would recommend spending that time driving the Needles Highway, and touring that area.
At Dubois, Wyoming you can mount a giant stuffed Jackalope! I dig that kind of stuff. We spent about 3 hours hiking at Devils tower, I would have hung out longer but we had a schedule to keep.
You are going to have so much fun! Safe travels to you!
My wife and I made most of this trip several years ago. The two most memorable stops: 1. Little Big Horn Battlefield, arrived a dusk just as they were about to close but the Ranger told us to take our time, we were the only ones (alive) in the park...so quiet you could almost hear the voices of the past. 2. Mt. Rushmore, for the evening light show, over crowded. Plus, even though we had a National Part Pass it cost $10.00 to park because they lease out the parking and concession. Almost as commercial as Wall Drugs.
