#141 Nomad Diary. 1 July 2023. Arrive Rapid City for 6 Nights. South Dakota. Dinner at Steve and Janine's House. Pictures from Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska Road Trip June 28-30.

Us Near Rapid City, South Dakota in Cave of the Wind National Park

Valley View at Cave of the Wind Park in South Dakota

Beautiful Drive Through Rocky Mountains Driving North Towards Rapid City, South Dakota

A Town South of Rapid City. Familiar and Vintage Look of the Old West.

Picture Taken While Driving By Crazy Horse Carving in the Mountain

Nice Bridge on the Road Close to Mt. Rushmore

Our Studio Apartment Kitchen and Living Room in Rapid City

Our Studio Apartment Bedroom in Rapid City

Views in Rapid City, South Dakota

Janine, My Sister-In-Law, in the Background in Her Kitchen. Her Daughter Sarah is Visiting from Utah and Holding Her Daughter Grace (2 yrs in September).

Sarah's Girls Ellie (turning 5 soon) and Grace.

Sarah's Husband Sam Next to Janine's Table Getting Set for Dinner in the Midst of Remodeling!

Our Niece Sarah and Family: Ellie, Grace and Samuel

 Saturday. 1.

We wake up in Bridgeport, Nebraska at our small house airbnb. The drive yesterday was beautiful and scenic with mountains, rivers and lakes. We enjoyed arriving at this small clean house, walking to the local grocery store and cooking dinner in. We slept great! 

On Saturday morning we enjoyed doing our DDP Yoga routine and then Darrell made us delicious pancakes. We hang out at this house until 10 or 11 am check out. Then we pack up and go our last few hours of driving to Rapid City, South Dakota. 

Another beautiful drive! Closer to Rapid City we take the road into Cave of the Wind Park and enjoy the scenery. We arrive at our extended stay hotel, Sojourner’s. This place is a newish and refurbished hotel. They took two rooms and made it a mini apartment with a full kitchen. We like it. It’s clean and quiet. We unpack, rest and go over to Darrell’s brother and wife’s house. Steve and Janine have lived here for about 20 years and raised their 4 children here. Their daughter Sarah and her family are visiting from Utah for a few days. Janine’s mom Jackie is also living with them. 

Janine cooked dinner for all of us! This is a feat considering that she is working in a kitchen that is being remodeled and is without a sink! She is pleased that her new dishwasher is hooked up just today and she is ready to use regular dishes in place of paper plates. This is also kind of a back and forth still with her using her bathroom tub as a makeshift sink being a walk around and down the hall to get there and back. She gets it all done with great hosting charm.

During our 6 night stay here we do all of the following and more: establish our South Dakota residency (get driver’s licenses, title and tag our truck, register to vote, change our car insurance location); visit with Darrell’s brother Steve and his wife Janine along with Janine’s mother Jackie (age 88!); Darrell preaches on Sunday in Steve’s place at Battle Creek Church of Christ (www.battlecreekcoc.org); Darrell works with Steve on their house remodel on new flooring in the living room and kitchen area; enjoyed lots of meals with family at home and out at restaurants.


Road Trip Pictures: Denton, Texas to Rapid City, South Dakota June 28-June 30.


Driving North of Fairview, Oklahoma on Our Road Trip Towards South Dakota on Wednesday June 28

Picture Stop In Dodge City, Kansas on June 29.

Visited This Really Good Museum in Wakeeney, Kansas on June 29.

Wakeeney, Kansas Water Tower June 29.

Darrell Shopping in Wakeeney, Kansas

A Fossil at the Wakeeney, Kansas Museum (Trego County History)

Beautiful View Taken from the Truck Near Lake McConaughy State Recreation in Western Nebraska on June 30.

Our Little Airbnb House in Bridgeport, Nebraska June 30

Inside Our Bridgeport, Nebraska Airbnb Home June 30. That Yellow Thing is a Lemon Shaped Cutting Board Hanging on a Nail. We Shopped at a Grocery in this Small Town, Cooked Dinner and Breakfast in this Comfortable House.

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