When we first pulled into Rapid City, the kids asked if we could stay a day and go to Watiki water park like we had done the first year that we traveled. We initially said no since we planned on driving to Helena the next day, but after waking up to snow, and Beth looking at the website and finding that we were in the off-season and that tickets were only $8, we decided that … [Read more...] about Rapid City’s Watiki Water Park…
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One last hurrah at Watiki Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota!
(...way back on April 29th!) Our last day in Rapid City was spent doing some shopping, and then in the evening, we went to Watiki Waterpark... Watiki is located between 2 hotels, but is open to the public. Vaughn and I had been talking about hitting a water park, and we planned on staying at a hotel so that we could go to one. Googling, I found Watiki, and also found that it … [Read more...] about One last hurrah at Watiki Waterpark in Rapid City, South Dakota!
Reptile Gardens near Rapid City, South Dakota…
After our morning at Mount Rushmore, we headed down the mountain, and stopped a few miles down the road...I had been here before; 25 years ago. I remembered it being a little larger, but it was still cool! A big building full of lizards, and gators, and snakes! (oh my!) There were so many animals! And, being from the north, we had never seen many of the different species. We … [Read more...] about Reptile Gardens near Rapid City, South Dakota…
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Rapid City, SD
On our way back home, we made a couple more stops. We pulled into Rapid City on Tuesday (the 28th - yeah, I'm way behind!), and parked at Cabela's. We had actually tried to find a campground by calling around before we got to town, but all the ones that I had called were not yet open; most campgrounds there open on May 1st. So, we just pulled into Cabela's, and once we were … [Read more...] about Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Rapid City, SD