Ken and Karen’s travel adventures
Thursday: We were up and attum at about our usual time to get Nitro hooked up and Kawi loaded in, and on the road. Today was a 350 mile kind of day, with stops to pump out holding tanks, fill up water and diesel. I have a couple of apps that show places to do these kinds of things, and wouldn’t you know it that a rest area on I-90 had a RV poop-out and fresh potable water – for free! Super easy.
Wednesday: We planned to ride a longer distance today since we’ve done nearly all of the roads and trails nearby. I packed up lunch stuff and we took off on adventure. We had some blue sky and the sun shining through the colors was really pretty today.
10/2-Monday: We didn’t hurry out to go riding since it was only about 48 degrees this morning. We slept fine and kept warm with the propane furnace set at about 60 degrees. While I was enjoying my coffee prepared in my stove-top percolator, I watched a parade of turkeys go by! They were just out grazing and meandered right along. As I was watching out the window, there was one in the back that turned around and came towards Nitro, checking ME out! HA! I love camping in the forest. Don’t these guys know that they’re going to be the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinners all across America in just about seven weeks?
We spent a full day discovering why motorcyclists love coming to this area. Around Rapid City is Mt Rushmore, the Black Hills, and the towns Sturgis, Deadwood, and Spearfish. There are so many scenic drives, and they are all squiggly roads, up hills, down canyons, through tunnels, and all the kinds that motorcyclists love. First stop was Mt Rushmore National Monument. It was sooooo impressive to see in person!
I loved reading the history about how this massive project was accomplished, and Read more
Welcome to South Dakota! Another state we’ve never been to before. And the corn fields continued. Seriously! I think half of our country is growing corn. (It was evident at the gas stations…. a whole smorgasbord of ethanol fuels!) Eastern South Dakota was probably the flattest country side we’ve seen!
Our first stop in this state, simply because we’d been driving nearly 500 miles, was Sioux Falls. The city is named after some falls on the Big Sioux River, so Read more