Wednesday, August 27, 2025 On to Rapid City

 

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Rapid City

My humans told me I could go outside.  But I heard all those noises, I know there are bad things out there. I will only go if they are with me.  But I really want to sniff things out.

After the dazzling display of the night sky last night, the morning sunrise did not disappoint.  The sun started popping up across the plains, with all the right colors.  Campers lined up along the bluff to photograph it.  Well worth the early rising!

I heard coyotes in the distance, and cows mooing, and birds chirping.  Rudy wanted out, kind of.  We would open the door and he would sit there… letting in the flies.  We finally nudged him out.  One of us was with him at all times, but he was very leery of all the smells, and he didn’t last long before he wanted inside.

Spouse and I took our walk on what use to be a jeep trail.  It is evident that it is there, but it is covered with plains grasses.  We walked along the bluffs till we hit a fence.  We could see antelope way in the distance, and a buffalo was resting.  And the views are stunning. 

We walked back, and readied Artie to leave.  We headed up to the town of Wall.  For a gazillion miles, The Wall Drug store is advertised on billboards.  It is a tourist thing.  We were there many years ago and weren’t planning on going there, but they advertise their café, and we were hungry.  So we figured they do a lot of business so it must be decent food, right?  Let’s just say they don’t cater to repeat customers… 

Another billboard:  Exercise makes you look better.  So does Tequila.

We are staying at the Elks in Rapid City.  This is the gateway to the Black Hills, which is some of the prettiest scenery in the country.  We plan on waiting out the Labor Day weekend here.  We have water and electricity, but no sewer, so we have to watch our water usage.  We can use the toilets in the Golf Pro shop if we want to.  They are clean, and they have real toilet paper.  Let’s face it… RV toilet paper is kind of crappy…  pun intended!

Rain is expected Friday and Saturday.  So we will bike part of the Mickelson Trail tomorrow.  The RV park is part of a golf course.  Maybe we can figure out how to get 9 in around the weather.  We shall see…