Monday, June 29, 2015

What to Do in Fargo?


One of the world's largest sporting goods stores


Has its own ferris wheel inside!
(which we rode)

And a shooting gallery

And a bowling alley
not to mention 2 floors of sporting goods
including Pickleball



Home of Roger Maris

The Road to Fargo

Heading north

Most of the road was like this - not much to look at

Structures every now and then

Small bodies of water here and there

Finally!

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Tour Sioux Falls - A Day on the Trail

The Greenway Bike Trail is a 20-mile loop

Downtown

The Big Sioux River flows next to the trail

Bridge over some of the falls along the way

Part of the day's activities
Riders in a USA Cycling-sanctioned criterium race

We saw buffalo at the zoo from the trail

Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Badlands

In the midst of the vast prairie lands in South Dakota
lie peaks and valleys of amazing colors




Wall Drug Store - The World's Largest

They carry drugs, souvenirs, games....
pretty much everything under the sun.

A giant jackalope in the Backyard

They even have their own T-Rex


And a chapel


And hats, shoes, and clothes!

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Black Hills of South Dakota: Home on the Range

Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam

And the deer and the antelope play


Wind Cave National Park

Home of the 6th longest cave in the world -
almost 145 miles and growing!


Boxwork - unique calcite formations

Crazy Horse Memorial

Lakota indian dancer

Begun in 1948 - still in progress

Model for carving


Mt. Rushmore



Up close and personal

Sunday, June 21, 2015

South Dakota: First Stop Sturgis

 
 
Getting ready for the 75th anniversary motorcycle rally
Over 1 million bikers expected in August!