Traveling Together - Aberdeen to Rapid City

Aberdeen is a beautiful little town. We checked out of the hotel and drove around a bit before arriving at Storybook Land. Sport wanted to go visit some people, so after riding the train, he took off with Crafty and Scout. 

We had so much fun!!

My sweetie has been having some back trouble so we rented a scooter for him.

We found a quiet corner and it became the kid's favorite ride!!

Although we did try some others.

The kids returned in time to share the fun, but Curly was the big winner. Ok, he didn’t win it, we bought it...

After Storybook Land, we drove to Ruby Tuesdays to meet up with some of Sport's friends for lunch.

We drove around a bit more and visited with more people who knew Sport. They were so fun and they had 2 cute little dogs.

After that, we got on the road. It was a long drive to Rapid City.

We decided to drive the road through the South Dakota Badlands. It was only a few minutes longer and if we missed it, we wouldn't have time to visit them later.

We ended up with an amazing sunset!

More fun tomorrow!

Traveling Together - Fort Yates to Aberdeen

We checked out of two rooms and kept our 3rd one for one more night. Of course, we only planned to stay until about 5:00, but Sport was worried about us just hanging around Fort Yates. Remember, he was bit by a dog there and I guess they just wander around. My sweetie worked and the kids just hung out. Sport and Taco went to Cannonball to meet with some friends.

When they got back, we finally checked out and it was time for us to see Fort Yates. We started at the church.

And then we made our way to Standing Rock Monument.

Then Sport had an appointment to visit with his good friend, Pete. We spend a bit of time hanging out there.

Then he tried another friend.

We finally decided to leave town. It was still a bit of a drive. We crossed the Missouri on this cool bridge.

We had an a plan to meet Trent at the Twist Cone at 9:00pm in Aberdeen, but we couldn't possibly miss Sport's friends in Eureka. That stop was by far the most spiritual and I'm so glad my sweetie and I went with him.

Back on the road, we got to Aberdeen with about 5 minutes to spare.

We ate footlongs and ice cream with Trent before finding our hotel, checking in, and falling into bed.

More fun tomorrow!

Traveling Together - Dickinson to Fort Yates

That isn't really a correct title, we stayed at a casino about 20 minutes from Fort Yates, but it was the closest accommodations.

Back to Dickinson...

We had breakfast in our room and then we packed up and checked out. Our first stop was to see the World's largest cow!

Then we were back in the car and on our way to Bismarck. We were excited to see the state capitol building.

And check out the free museum about North Dakota's history.

Next stop? The Bismarck Temple!! It was quiet since it was a Monday, so we sat in the middle of the parking lot and ate lunch.

It was time to leave Bismarck. We still had an hour to drive before we got to the Prairie Knights casino and lodge. The first thing the kids wanted to do was get in the pool.

See that waterslide? It has a tall twisty staircase and the slide goes outside the building before ending here in the pool. They made me give it a try! TWICE!!

It wasn't so bad. The tube was very dark until just before I hit the water...

We had half price pizza tickets so we ate in the room and played games until bedtime. Such a fun day!!