{"id":5399,"date":"2017-09-05T18:28:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2017-09-05T18:28:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:28:46","slug":"stw2-hop-6-rapid-city-sd-to-spearfish-sd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/05\/stw2-hop-6-rapid-city-sd-to-spearfish-sd\/","title":{"rendered":"STW2 Hop 6: Rapid City SD to Spearfish SD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<div id=\"attachment_5400\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-1024x899.jpg\" alt=\"STW2 Hop 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"562\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6-400x351.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/STW2-Hop-6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STW2 Hop 6<\/p><\/div>61 miles via US 16, I-90 and US 85. Cumulative tow miles: 939. Truck miles: 144. Cumulative truck miles: 1262.<\/p>\n<p>This was a short hop &#8211; just over an hour &#8211; to get to Spearfish, from which we will do a loop tomorrow touring Deadwood, Lead and Sturgis.  It was an easy hop, mostly on a very flat I-90 through beautiful countryside on a beautiful day.  An easy trip.  Good thing, because Jett wasn&#8217;t feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>But she felt well enough to trek to Mt Rushmore after dark.  It was a quick trip; I stayed just long enough to get some photos while Jett stayed in the truck.  Then back home.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the night shots didn&#8217;t turn out very well so I returned this morning.  I will post the day shots separately.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_5403\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Moon\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172003_HDR-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon<\/p><\/div>Our one night in Rapid City was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/midwestoutdoorresorts.com\/rushmore-shadows-resort.html\">Rushmore Shadows Resort<\/a>, a very nice newish resort about 12 miles from Mt Rushmore.  It isn&#8217;t the closest RV park for someone who wants to visit Rushmore and it isn&#8217;t in Keystone which looks to be a pretty fun town.  But it was a nice park that was well positioned for both a trip to Mt Rushmore and a resupply trip to Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was a day of transition, weather-wise.  It was over 90 when we left Interior and dropped to near 40 last night in Rapid City.  The haze, due to wildfires in Montana, also cleared.  The nearly-full moon was spectacular<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5402\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904171904_HDR-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5407\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Rushmore at night\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0904172036_HDR-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt Rushmore at night<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.61 miles via US 16, I-90 and US 85. Cumulative tow miles: 939. Truck miles: 144. Cumulative truck miles: 1262. This was a short hop &#8211; just over an hour &#8211; to get to Spearfish, from which we will do a loop tomorrow touring Deadwood, Lead and Sturgis. 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