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Originally Posted by Stealhead
It is an EA-6A the Prowler before the more famous and numerous EA-6B which was a four seater the A model was two seater.
Oh yes my guess as to why Neal calls his bike Wendey;He absolutely loves Wenedy's chili and Wendey's have the
yellow signs and Neal's bike is yellow or maybe he loves Frosties.  |
Oh, good call on one, but a clean miss on Wendy. I actually throught Sailor Steve would guess that right out of the gate,
him being a music-ian.
Grant, there isn't anything else to tell
So, on to...
Day 4:
The Day
Yes, boys, it's been 1400 miles since I last saw an establishment that advertised the services of
Thai Massage,
so that means we're well and truly in the hinterland here.
Got up and finished yesterdays glorious ride report, and off at 7am, as planned.
I saw a dinosaur
Heading west, lots of this
South Dakota, lots of long straight highway. Missing in the tasteful photo are the thousands of vulgar billboards
advertising Wall Drug, Reptile Garden, Mystery Area, Firetruck Brewery, and every other cheap tourist trap imaginable.
and it was cold,about 43F so this
At last, this
and lots of this
The Park had several trails and walkways where you could venture out into the park, it was great.
Ok, a few more shots of the Badlands, and then if you want more, check other online sources,
they pretty much look the same, I don't want to bore you:
Those Indians weren't as eco-friendly as you thought!
After a few hours meandering though the park, I lit out for Wall Drug, next stop on the way to Rapid City. Ok, Wall Drug:
I don't want to sound cynical, but it's not really worth stopping for. After 1307 billboards, it's simply a big, gauche
Wal-Mart sized tourist souvenir shop. Tons of stuff packed into about 20 little rooms with quaint corridors connecting
them. I mean, it is what it is, but I spent about 8 minutes and saw all I wanted to see.
What Wall Drug did for me, it caused me to forget to go by and see the Minutemen Missile Silo display
When I walked out of WD, it was trying to rain and there were some little snow flakes falling, and
I was halfway to Rapid City when I realized that.
So, next stop of Mount Rushmore:
The first glimpse
The closeup view from the park center (aka the view you get for $11 parking fee)
Very impressive, it is so cool to see this in real life.
Afterwards, I toured the Custer State Park for a few hours--more windy roads, epic vistas, and cool air.
I saw some buffalo
They were closer that you think!
But I guess they are tame like park squirrels, none of my taunts had any effect.