Tetons & Yellowstone
From MN to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone 5 Day Trip
10 Day Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier NP Trip
Eternal Summer Roadtrip w/ kids
Yellowstone Bear Concerns
Yellowstone Itinerary
Badlands, SD - Yellowstone - RMNP?
Florida to Yellowstone
Summer Roadtrip to Yellowstone
Weeklong trip to Yellowstone
Tent vs. Popup in Yellowstone
Roadtrip to yellowstone June 2013
Houston to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to RMNP
Rapid City through Billings
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Packing Light
As I was surfing around the net, on my Great Road Trip idea quest, I was thinking about the packing I would need to do for this trip. There will be two adults and two children. I don't believe in packing everything and the kitchen sink when I'm on vacation. I prefer to pack minimally. So, when I stumbled upon The Rocky Burger Run blog I got REAL excited! Mainly because he is traveling and seeing many places I want to see.
But when I read his Leave the Baggage Behind post, I was even more astounded!
He wrote:
"There was also a certain something about not carrying around a suitcase full of "what ifs" and "maybe I'll need"s. Robert DeNiro's character in Michael Mann's superb movie Heat
evangelises the 'have nothing in your life you
can't leave in 30 seconds flat' philosophy. It's a pretty bleak existence he
finds himself in (aside from the fact he's one of the most wanted thieves in
America), but take away the crook chic and there is a core of a testing
question; What really binds us to places?
What's the stuff that you really can't live without, the stuff you'd save before yourself if the house was on fire? Take it a step further and ask, what about the mental baggage we carry around, those real or imagined grudges, mis-remembered memories, the gossip and irrelevance it's all too easy to fill social space with. Give yourself a mental baggage allowance and feel the weight lift!"
Lemme tell ya. I now have a new packing philosophy. If it doesn't fit into ONE plastic Walmart grocery bag, then I don't need it on the vacation plan!
But when I read his Leave the Baggage Behind post, I was even more astounded!
He wrote:
"There was also a certain something about not carrying around a suitcase full of "what ifs" and "maybe I'll need"s. Robert DeNiro's character in Michael Mann's superb movie Heat
evangelises the 'have nothing in your life you
can't leave in 30 seconds flat' philosophy. It's a pretty bleak existence he
finds himself in (aside from the fact he's one of the most wanted thieves in
America), but take away the crook chic and there is a core of a testing
question; What really binds us to places?What's the stuff that you really can't live without, the stuff you'd save before yourself if the house was on fire? Take it a step further and ask, what about the mental baggage we carry around, those real or imagined grudges, mis-remembered memories, the gossip and irrelevance it's all too easy to fill social space with. Give yourself a mental baggage allowance and feel the weight lift!"
Lemme tell ya. I now have a new packing philosophy. If it doesn't fit into ONE plastic Walmart grocery bag, then I don't need it on the vacation plan!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore Trip
Camp at Custer State Park: $24/night
If not at Custer State Park, use a local campground.
Badlands National Park with stops at (kids printable worksheets) $15 per car
CHUCKWAGON SUPPER AT FORT HAYS
BIG THUNDER GOLD MINE:
If not at Custer State Park, use a local campground.
Badlands National Park with stops at (kids printable worksheets) $15 per car
- Ben Reifel Visitors Center
- Wall Drugs
- The Windows Overlook
- The Fossil Exhibit Trail
- Yellow Mounds
- Pinnacles Overlook
- Minuteman Missile (for kids)
- Allow 2 - 3 hours.
- Adult Adm $16
- Child Adm $10
- Worksheets for kids
- CHUCK WAGON COOKOUT:
- Check in at Blue Bell Lodge, Custer State Park at 5 p.m.
- Old fashioned hayride in vehicle pulled wagon
- Get a souvenir cowboy hat and bandana for each paying guest
- Adult Adm $47
- Child Adm $37
- HORSEBACK RIDING:
- Check in at Blue Bell Lodge Stables (605-255-4700)
- 1 HR Trail Ride (Adults $36/ Child $30)
- 2 HR Trail Ride (Adults $48/Child $40)
- 1/2 Day Trail Ride (lunch included) $125 per person
- Full Day Trail Ride (lunch included) $200 per person
- JEEP TOUR
- Jeep Tour only (Adults $43/Child $36
- Jeep Tour/Chuckwagon Combo (Adults $82/Child $62)
- HALF DAY BOAT RENTAL $35
- Sylvan Lake 605-574-2561
- Legion Lake 605-255-4521
CHUCKWAGON SUPPER AT FORT HAYS
- Adults $24
- Kids $12
- (could also start in Hill City at 7 a.m., take the 1880's Train to Mount Rushmore and Black Hills tour, return to Hill City at 5 p.m. and then do Chuckwagon Supper = Adults $83/Kids $40)
- Adults $65
- Kids $60
- Overnighter Adults $220, Kids $215
BIG THUNDER GOLD MINE:
- Expect to spend 2 - 3 hours.
- Mine tour (Adults $9.25/Kids$6.25)
- Panning ($7.25 ea with Mine Tour)
- Panning Lesson & Tour (Adults $16/ Kids $12)
- Allow 2 - 3 hours
- Wind Cave
- Jewel Cave (see Mt. Rushmore on the way)
- Adults $9
- Child $7
- Jr. paleontologist excavation program is available for an additional $10 (subject to availability).
- Adults $12
- Child $10
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