We left Val and Tal this morning and started the 330 mile drive to Rapid City. We knew we were not in the Twin Cities as sometimes there were no cars for either a mile in front of or behind us.
Due to bodily needs we stopped a little north of Pierre, SD, in a crossroads called Onida, SD. Seeing lots of cars by the restaurant, we tried it and found it to be wonderful.
We discovered a meal program for seniors where we dropped $4 into a box for each of us and were served a chicken dinner. Nice find!
We arrived at the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, SD, which is to be our home for the next four days as the location of the reunion of the crew of the USS Bon Homme Richard, CVA 31. Now the ship never docked here but any crew member who wishes to put on the reunion invites the rest.
We traveled on 9/11 and were pleased to find this flag at the restaurant attached to the hotel flying our flag at half-staff.
We also found this crazy guy looking through a spyglass. Then we found that he was a well-done mannequin part of a putt-putt golf course.
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