Back from Vacation

[MyBigBlockDodge]

I just typed 4 paragraphs about the trip and somehow lost it all...

Anyway, Vaca was awesome!!!! Two weeks total including 5 days with family in the Black Hills of South Dakota celebrating my Mom's 80th birthday, my 1st aniversary with Sue, and one of my brothers birthdays (day before Moms).

Then spent 4 days wandering through 4 states enjoying the scenery on the way back to Phoenix.

We took over 350 pics and I'm sorting through them now. I'll post up a few. Drove a little over 4,500 miles and averaged 29.5 mpg in the Stang which I am very happy about :giggedy:

Hope you all have been doing well.

Adam :bravo:

 

[XLR8R]

Sounds fun! gonna post some pics?

 

[MyBigBlockDodge]

Custer State Park - Black Hills SD


Somewhere between 500 - 700 Buffalo were roaming this area... :giggedy:




Not sure what kind of snake this is (yet) aprx. 5' long


Antelope and young ones


VERY young buffalo... aprx. 3 feet long


Sue enjoying a small stream we found in the Black Hills.. yep, it was cold!


Wild burros... he was using my side mirror as a scratching post Stuck his whole head in the car.


Our Visit to Mt. Rushmore

 

[dustergal]

great pics! Man that snake is cool...big sumbitch

 

[MyBigBlockDodge]

At the continental divide... altitude of about 8,000 ft and still some snow around.


Northern Arizona - Grand Canyon / Colorado River area


Southern Utah - about an hour north of AZ


Wyoming - South of Casper


Arizona - North of Flagstaff


One lane tunnel in the Black Hills


Deadwood South Dakota


Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills. It's in progress but you can see his arm and the horse head starting to take shape now. HUGE. Even larger then Mt. Rushmore.

 

[beeper*71]

That's a northern pine snake, and a lovely specimen at that.

Nice pics, my mom is currently in Utah on a long road trip involving much of the same scenery.

 

[68R/T]

Black Hills SD

Been there, lots of interesting places and things to see. But the rest of the state is desolate and boring.

 

[Foggy]

Excellent picks. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MyBigBlockDodge]

But the rest of the state is desolate and boring.

Nah... ya just have to know where to look. I grew up on the east end of the state in Sioux Falls.


View from my Mom's patio. Sioux Falls is covered in trees and the Sioux River winds through it.


Falls Park in Sioux Falls


The river in Chamberlain - Middle of South Dakota


The Corn Palace in Mitchell South Dakota. All of the decorations are done with whole ears of indian corn (you can see workers putting it up). They change out the design several times a year. Sounds odd, but it's really cool in person. Lots of detail in the work they do.


Close up of the artwork.

 

[BootHead]

10,000 squirrels can't be wrong (corn palace)

Looks like a fun trip.

 

[68R/T]

Sioux Falls is covered in trees and the Sioux River winds through it.

When travelling west that's the last tree you will see for 100 miles.:doh:

The Corn Palace in Mitchell South Dakota.

Been there too, it was worth the admission just to find some shade.:shifty:

 

[Matt43]

That burro looks like he had a few...

 

[MyBigBlockDodge]

That burro looks like he had a few...

Well I didn't have any food to give him.. figured a shot or two of Rum wouldn't hurt :shifty:

 

[XLR8R]

Awesome pics! Thanks!

 

[68isgr8]

Thanks for sharing, I need our family to go on a trip.

 

[Stretch]

Wow! A lot of those pics bring back memories. I lived in Montana for 14 years and my family went on many vacations in South and North Dakota. We spent lots of time in Wyoming too.

Ya know I have probably been to Mount Rushmore 15 times but have never seen it. Every damn time we went it was foggy and you couldn’t se a thing.