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Camp__Forrest__
Explorer
Apr 06, 2014

Roadside attractions between Rapid City and Denver.

I have two days to kill in early June. I will be in Rapid City and will need to pick up my wife in Denver two days after school ends. After I pick her up in Denver we will be heading back to Rapid Cit...
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Thom02099
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2014
Some good recommendations above, and going through Nebraska is a better way to go than going north on I25 from Denver into Wyoming, then up to near Douglas WY. The drive from there on US 18/20 to Lusk and then north on US 18/85 is pretty boring, unless you enjoy looking at 5mile long coal trains! It's wide open empty and very windy. There's a haunting beauty about the wide open plains, but after a while it does get tedious. AND gas stations are few and far between!
Yup, better to go through Nebraska!

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