{"id":352,"date":"2022-06-24T03:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T03:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2022-06-24T03:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T03:44:45","slug":"rapid-city-trip-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"Rapid City trip, day two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not too many pictures today, but a splendid drive and a nice afternoon and evening spent in Casper, WY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got an early start from Evanston and had some serious ups and downs\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4441-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>We crossed the continental divide four times, this was the highest pass of the four<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t have pictures, but we definitely found where the \u201cdeer and the antelope play.\u201d There were more than a few grazing next to the road; the drivers were glad they stayed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We turned north at Rawlings on a two lane highway headed to Casper. The views were pretty, but the motorhome didn\u2019t like the crosswinds too much. It was great to arrive at our campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_4442-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>Prairie as far as the eye could see<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The campground was on the banks of the North Platte River; the water just rolled past us peacefully.  Tomorrow we leave for the Black Hills, and our final destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2luhns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_5574-scaled.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>The river rolling on past our campground. Very pleasant indeed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too many pictures today, but a splendid drive and a nice afternoon and evening spent in Casper, WY. We got an early start from Evanston and had some serious ups and downs\u2026 I don\u2019t have pictures, but we definitely found where the \u201cdeer and the antelope play.\u201d There were more than a few grazing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rapid-city-june-2022"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}