7/15/2019 – Cody, WY to Keystone, SD
Our first night in a WalMart parking lot was a success! We arrived at 12:36 am, popped out our slides and slept in. When we woke up and got ready to drive away, the parking lot had a lot fewer RVs but the section we were in was still a resting spot to several RVs at almost 10:00 am.
The long journey…
We had a very long, but also very beautiful, drive to Keystone, SD.
Ryan’s friend, Karen, from his Rotary Club knew about our trip and told us to check in with her. They offered to show us around, but since we were on a time crunch… again, we didn’t have time for a tour. But she invited us to stop by their home, in Spearfish, SD for dinner. Another yummy homemade dinner with friends? You don’t have to ask us twice!
We did however have some “detours” on the way… if you can call them that… ha ha!
Karen met us at another Walmart to pick us up and drove us up to the house since the RV would have been a little too large for the neighborhood. Her husband, Jim, went to work grilling on the BBQ, while Karen whipped up the rest of the goodies in the kitchen. Their house was beautiful! And before we left we saw a storm rolling in. Jim told me about an app called MyRadar Weather Radar so we could keep and eye on the storm as it moved. We were following behind it and had quite the lightning show.
Mount Rushmore at night…
We had heard about the lighting ceremony, but since we were notoriously behind schedule, we didn’t make it in time. We did however make it to our campground without too much rain. When we booked the RV site I found it under the name of Tee Pee Black Hills. But, it had since been renamed Rapid City South RV Park. They have a camera on site, so even if they aren’t on site, they are able to direct you to your spot over video. Once we knew where we’d be settling in for the night, we decided to do something a little crazy…
Tips for Day 5:
- Tip 1 Go see Mount Rushmore at night! Go back during the day too, but it looks so beautiful at night and there’s a lot fewer people there are night. We didn’t see the Lighting Ceremony, but I bet it would be pretty awesome to see. Also, since we got there so close to closing, they didn’t charge us to park, and we got front row parking.
- Tip 2 plan to spend a few days in Keystone, SD. We planned for less then 24 hours there. We got a ton done, but it was really hard to choose what we would do. There are so many fun things to do if you just look at all the billboards on the way to Mount Rushmore!
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