The travels have brought us to the Black Hills. The trip has paused while we visited the area as tourists and a day off just to do normal things such as wash the Pleasure Way, laundry, grocery shopping, church, movies and dinner at the Firehouse Brewing Company and we gave the Pleasure Way a night off by staying in a motel. The favorite micro brew to date is "Barely Blonde" from the Firehouse
As is always the case when I wash cars at home-the weather forecast calls for rain today. The Pleasure Way sparkled for at least one day while it was parked in the parking lot.
Cheryl completed all of the regular tasks including catching up on financial transactions - the online banking allows us to travel and track topics financial from our lap. Amazing!
Travel in the Black Hills was interesting - we learned the Pleasure Way will fit through a 9 foot opening if done with a little care. (That is the smallest of the tunnels in the Needles Area of the park.) We learned that Cheryl is VERY fearful of narrow roads next to deep canyons. (She resorted to lying on the floor so she couldn't see the situation - this was a strategy that allowed relief for Cheryl AND the driver!!)
It was surprising to see more wildlife - the animal kind- in the Black Hills than in Yellowstone. Furthermore, there were fewer tourists to dodge. The rock formations in the Needles were impressive (unless you were laying on the floor of the vehicle), the animals plentiful and the pace relaxed. Glad we took the time.
As is always the case when I wash cars at home-the weather forecast calls for rain today. The Pleasure Way sparkled for at least one day while it was parked in the parking lot.
Cheryl completed all of the regular tasks including catching up on financial transactions - the online banking allows us to travel and track topics financial from our lap. Amazing!
Travel in the Black Hills was interesting - we learned the Pleasure Way will fit through a 9 foot opening if done with a little care. (That is the smallest of the tunnels in the Needles Area of the park.) We learned that Cheryl is VERY fearful of narrow roads next to deep canyons. (She resorted to lying on the floor so she couldn't see the situation - this was a strategy that allowed relief for Cheryl AND the driver!!)
It was surprising to see more wildlife - the animal kind- in the Black Hills than in Yellowstone. Furthermore, there were fewer tourists to dodge. The rock formations in the Needles were impressive (unless you were laying on the floor of the vehicle), the animals plentiful and the pace relaxed. Glad we took the time.
2 comments:
Glad to know you got the van through the tunnel in Needles park, but I'm sure it won't be the smallest space you will have to fit the van in: that'll be a parking space in downtown Chicago.
I enjoyed your comments on your time in Wyoming--beautiful scenes & interesting places. I'm a little worried that you are spending too much time in museums, though. I hear all that learning can really mess with your head ;-)
ANd also glad to hear that you've kept up your drinking practice by sampling local brews. Keep it up and you just may be able to go elbow to elbow with your granddaughter once you get to Austin. She can finish off a full bottle with gusto.
Cheers for now. Happy travels. --Jason
Glad you made it through! The needles tunnels can be a pretty tight squeeze. I've had to wait for more than one RV to try and turn around when they realized they couldn't safely make it.
-shawn
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