{"id":409,"date":"2022-06-29T02:29:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2022-06-29T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:29:14","slug":"rapid-city-trip-day-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Rapid City trip, day eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019re on the downhill side of this trip. Today was a splendid day, if more than a little warm. It does make us thankful that the motorhome has AC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left this morning for Badlands National Park. It was a little more than an hour east of here, but well worth the trip. It\u2019s no wonder the Native Americans named it a \u201cbad land.\u201d The park is a remarkable terrain that was created, so it\u2019s said, when this part of South Dakota was on the sea bed. The land is dry and difficult to travel across, so the Indians went around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s just a bit of the scenery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Places where the geology intersects with the prairie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s just a beautiful, forbidding landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next was a stop at Wall Drug for lunch. We\u2019ve seen their signs for hundreds of miles on this trip, but got to experience it for ourselves. We had a pleasant lunch, then strolled around the grounds and made a small purchase. Then off to our next stop\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boy, this place was busy! Must amount to a lot of free ice water and five cent coffee, not to mention donuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least we went to Ellsworth Air Force and their air and space museum. Sadly, we got there and discovered the museum was closed. Fortunately they have a large display outside, so we spent thirty minutes enjoying their jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had forgotten just how big the B52 is, Seattle\u2019s finest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One more day. We\u2019ll see mammoth fossils tomorrow, along with a taste of Wind Cave National Park, Bear Country, and a farewell dinner. Details when I have them\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re on the downhill side of this trip. Today was a splendid day, if more than a little warm. It does make us thankful that the motorhome has AC. We left this morning for Badlands National Park. It was a little more than an hour east of here, but well worth the trip. It\u2019s no […]<\/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-409","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\/409","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=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}