Here We Are in the Wild, Wild West

I guess everybody should travel out west before their final checkout. Since I have a friend who recently built a cabin on the Big Horn River in Montana and he invited us to visit, I decided to take him up on the offer. We also decided to do the tourist thing and visit the sites while we were there. 

This is the first of the Wild West blogs with more to follow. 

We flew to Rapid City, SD which is the nearest airport that our travel miles would take us. Rapid City is conveniently located to the Bad Lands, Black Hills, and Mount Rushmore, all in South Dakota. 

 

First was a stop at the Bad Lands. I really liked this place. Following are some of my IPhone photos. 

Pictures don't do this place justice. 

Just to prove we were there. A little bit windy where we were standing. 

Rugged terrain. 

Beautiful colors.

After leaving the Bad Lands, we drove to Wall Drugstore in the middle of nowhere. Supposed to be the largest in the world. 

It probably is.  Takes up an entire city block. What a tourist trap. 

That was the morning of the first day. The afternoon included the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. 

Yelp. We were there. Like the Griswolds, we went, we saw, we took pictures and we moved on. 

Tomorrow we move on to Cody, Wyoming. Bet a lot of you didn't know that one of our classmates ran the famous Cody Stampede Rodeo. 

Yellowstone is the next post.