Road trip

I am back from a wonderful road trip to Sioux City and Mt. Rushmore and other places. Here is the wonderful suite we had at Sioux City. The suite normally costs $400 but because we were at the Shriner's Convention it was a deal at $150. Just a beautiful place. I loved the decor, very woodsy, mountain log cabin like. We had our own sun room with lawn furniture and a jacuzzi, and a KING bed. I just didn't want to leave. But we arrived there Aug. 11 and left on the 14th.


We rented this little cabin at Hill City, S.D. The first day was extremely noisy because we arrived as all the Motorcycle people were leaving Sturgis from the motorcycle days....seemed like a gazillion Harley Davidsons went ripping by all day and all night.


Our first place to visit was Crazy Horse mountain...an amazing story behind the sculptor. You can read about it here.http:///. sememorial.org/greetings-from-ruth.html On Sat. Aug.14 it was our First wedding anniversary so while we were visiting the shops at Crazy Horse I was watching a Native man painting on this feather...he was just amazing to watch. I bought this as an anniversary present for my hubby. He was very pleased. We drove through the Needles Hwy. beautiful but scary hairpin turns and no guard rails on most turns. Then we went to Mt. Rushmore and drove back on Sat. through the Badlands. It was a great trip. Much has changed since we were there about 20 years ago with small kids. Next year I think we will go on a trip in the winter because when we got back the flowers and garden were in a sad state.

These are just a few of the close to 200 pictures I took. Now to get them all printed out and put in a scrapbook before I forget what each picture is about.