This trip to Rapid City is all about the doctor's appointments. In the mean time we just settled in, then met up with some friends who were staying at the Elk's lodge. We went out one night to celebrate their 5th year anniversary of full time RVing. Downtown Rapid City is a light, fun walk on Main street, where there are statues of presidents on each street corners in a mile radius.
It has been a great time at this KOA, not because of the campground itself, because most of the activities are closed (COVID19), but because of the neighbors we had next to us.
We went shopping one afternoon at Menards (a form of home supply store) for a few items to complete some projects. I found what I was looking for, Carol found a substitute for something she was looking for. She has been looking for a blow up pool to soak our feet in during hot summer days. She found a blow up ice tray for the picnic table, used to to keep drinks and food cool at any party, however we found it to work great to cool our feet.
Our site is in the lower portion of the campground, overlooked by the office/store. Carol and I sat at our trailer one day and watched all the new rigs come in, what a hoot. While soaking our feet, in came a rush of RVs looking like a circus act gone wild. One trailer would make a move, another jockeyed for position, still another looked like they were just trying to figure out what was happening and where they were. I commented to Carol, "watch they are going to end up next to us", sure 'nough, they did. Once they moved in around us we found out they were the greatest people we have had by us in a long time. The group consisted of 6 rigs and 6 families from Vietnam. All the families are from Minnesota. They were the most gracious hosts to us, bringing food samples for us to enjoy, truly spoiling us. The best part of their company was the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with them. They have moved on in their vacation plans, heading for Yellowstone National Park. We traded business cards so we can keep in touch with them in the future.
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| My 63rd Birthday Party |
For my birthday we went to "Pirates Cove" for a round of miniature golf. We went early to avoid the rush, and it was a good thing we did. Social distancing has slowed down playing at this course, requiring groups to wait until the group in front has moved away from each hole before they advance to the hole (no crowding the hole waiting). As we arrived at each hole there was some history about the various pirates that flew the Jolly Roger flag. Surprisingly, some pirates created their own flag other than the Jolly Roger. One captain was paid by the king of England to capture French ships, but because of his lack of success he decided to attack ships from any country. Another pirate did time in prison in the United States only to go back to England to be hung. Let's get to the nitty gritty, birthday boy got his butt beat.
After a heart breaking loss we went to lunch at Fusion Sushi, a long drive all the way across the street.
Carol had the Sunshine Roll which was basically tempura shrimp dressed with panko crumbs, and a mild spicy mayo. My Volcano Roll was a little different in that it sat on a spicy sauce. The sushi was covered with scallops and fish roe (the orange stuff), which had a mild flavor. From lunch it was back home to do some maintenance.
Took a break from maintenance on the trailer, and we took a run out to the badlands. There were a lot more out this trip compared to our first trip in October last year. We took a different route this time and saw spectacular sights again. I saw only one bison this time, but we did see young mountain sheep on our drive around the rim of the badlands. What is amazing is the color variation throughout the area ranging from grey to pink to yellow.
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