North Dakota (continued)

For the pleasure of the guests, the Hartfiel's have created gardens allowing guests to relax in privacy.

Last evening, we traveled to Medora, ND to witness a remarkable professionally produced, high energy, Western style musical proudly dedicated to the legacy of America's 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, and the times he spent here the North Dakota's Badlands. Lots of fun.

North Dakota

The B & B we're using as "home" is the Hartfiel Inn. Rick and Quita (pronounced Kee-ta) Hartfiel are the owners of the Inn which they purchased in 1994. The extensive renovations and decorating of the Inn have obviously been inspired by the couple's European travels over the years.

On the Road Again

Well, we're on our way again. Looking forward to North Dakota for a few days. We arrived at our B & B @ 4:30 pm after a loooong trip along flat, straight roads. Very little traffic, but the landscape is considerably different --(rolling great, green plains)-- from South Dakota. We'll be in ND for 3 nites.

Lots of exciting activities tomorrow -- laundry, bike riding, and I hope a lot of "chilling".

Cheers!

Mt Rushmore

As you can see, today (Sunday) we were visiting Mt Rushmore and how impressive was this famous site? In addition to observing the monument, Margie, Laurel and I visited the sculptor's (Gutzon Borglum) studio from which he and hundreds of workers created this amazing work of art over a 14 year period (1927 - 1941). Although Borglum died before "the unveiling", his son (John Lincoln) directed the effort.

While waiting for a rather impressive government directed "light and sound" show regarding the monument, God and all his angels put on his own show at sunset.

In South Dakota

Interesting past couple of days...we arrived in South Dakota on Friday, June 25 and have been keeping fairly busy. In addition to visiting our steady diet of quilt shops, we've visited Mt Rushmore (for the evening light and sound show which was quite impressive).

The B & B we're calling our temporary home(The Hisega Lodge - picture included)is quite special. It has a long history -- built in the late 1890's -- as a summer retreat home for 6 Victorian ladies. The current owners purchased the place 3 years ago and have put their heart and soul into "their baby"! The daily breakfast have been spectacular.

Tomorrow, we're spending the day "on the road" visiting such places as Custer National Park. Looking forward to it.

In Wyoming

Our trip from Colorado to Wyoming took over 7 hours with stops along the way in Ft Collins for lunch and a visit to a Quilt Shop with the quaint name of the Fig Leaf. Quite nice according to my wife. We arrived in Lusk, Wy at 4:30 pm cst, off loaded the car (what a chore)...including 47 suitcases, two bicycles, and a variety of personal items such as my daughter, Laurel. Thank heavens I didn't invite her to read my blog.

Tomorrow, off to another quilt shop in downtown Lusk (population 1,400) before we head for Rapid City, SD.

Cheers!

Hi from Colo Sprgs

Marg and I are in Colorado Springs getting ready to visit the Plains to the Great Northwest with our daughter Laurel.