Dakota Trip Stats

4425 Miles Driven

13 Days

11 States
     New Mexico
     Colorado
     Wyoming
     South Dakota
     North Dakota
     Montana (just a quick pass through)
     Iowa (just a quick pass through)
     Nebraska
     Kansas
     Oklahoma (just a quick pass through)
     Texas

4 State Capitols
     North Dakota
     South Dakota
     Nebraska
     Kansas

15 National Park Units
     Fort Laramie NHS
     Devils Tower NM
     Wind Cave NP
     Jewel Cave NHS
     Mount Rushmore NMem
     Minuteman Missile NHS
     Badlands NP
     Theodore Roosevelt NP (South & North Units)
     Fort Union Trading Post NHS
     Knife River Indian Villages NHS
     Homestead NM
     Brown v. Board of Education NHS
     Tallgrass Prairie NHS
     XXX Fort Larned NHS (didn’t make it, closed before we got there)
     Albates Flint Quarries NHS
     Lake Meredith NRA

Other Attractions . . .
     Geographical Center of the Nation (Belle Fourche, SD)
     Spearfish Canyon [Roughlock, Spearfish & Bridal Veil Falls] (Spearfish, SD)
     Deadwood, SD (Mt. Moriah Cemetery – graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane)
     Sturgis, SD (Full Throttle Saloon)
     Bear Country USA (Rapid City, SD)
     Chapel in the Hills (Rapid City, SD)
     Custer State Park [Wildlife Loop Road & Iron Mountain Road] (Custer, SD)
     Wall Drug (Wall, SD)
     Crazy Horse Memorial (Custer, SD)
     Enchanted Highway [7 giant metal sculptures] (Regent to Gladstone, ND)
     Salem Sue (New Salem, ND)
     Whispering Giant #39 (Mandan, SD)
     Dignity Statue (Chamberlain, SD)
     Corn Palace (Mitchell, SD)
     Falls Park (Sioux Falls, SD)
     Holy Family Shrine (Gretna, NE)
     Equality House (Topeka, KS)

35 Letterboxes Found

1 Oil Change

7 Hotels

1781 Photos Taken