The Black Hills of South Dakota were chilly with snow flurries. Fortunately our snowmobile had heated seats, heated handlebars and heated hand holds for the back seat. It also had a built in GPS! We drove it so hard that we had to pull over and pack snow around the engine housing to prevent it from overheating.
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- We landed in KRAP! That’s the airport code for Rapid City.
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- Dang – cold AND windy!
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- This is a great place to stay – nice restaurant and plenty of toys (snowmobiles or ATVs) nearby.
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- Warming up by the fire – we had ALL our layers on.
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- This is the photo at the start – so they can identify the bodies. Those orange parkas were from our trip to Antarctica!
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- Roughlock Falls was frozen – you could still hear the water moving underneath the ice.
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- Apparently Kevin Costner was roughing it only ten minutes from the hotel.
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- “nuff said!
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- We wandered into Wyoming for the not-so-busy Buckhorn Bar.
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- Why are we smiling????
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- They don’t ask nice in Wyoming.
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- Yikes! Anything you want to eat, as long as it’s deep fried.
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- Never had a table under the taxidermy and next to the Men’s room. We had hot chicken chili. Later that afternoon we were warned not to eat here. Oops 😬
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- We snowmobiled into Idaho for Lower Mesa Falls, a spectacular 65ft. waterfall on the Henrys Fork River.
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- Nice little warming huts are available. Extra insulation provided by the port-a-potties.
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- Mike tending the warming hut fire – such a tiny stove, but it was perfect.
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- Made friends in our warming hut with Diane from Minnesota, who was cooking up her venison brats.
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