"Water, water, every where..."

Went to Inner Space Cavern in Georgetown, Texas today with the family and came away with this nugget of advice from our tour guide:

"The water in this 3-foot hole is filtered through the limestone above and is 98% pure which is cleaner than the water you drink at home but don't drink this water because a raccoon gets down here and messes in it."

South Dakota Road Trip - Day 4

This was the day we migrated from Rapid City to Custer State Park.  After a leisurely morning spent having breakfast and coffee at Alternative Fuel Coffee House then walking around downtown one last time, we packed up the car and checked out.

Gardener's quiche and vanilla latte at Alternative Fuel.  Yummy!  On a scale of 1 to 10, I gave it a 12.

A great little coffee shop/eatery in downtown Rapid City

South Dakota Trip 2013 - Day 3

Some rain overnight.  Small hail in the early morning hours.  Up early, but didn't get going until around 10:00am (nice).  Thunderstorms by that time.  Walked across the street to Tally's Silver Spoon for breakfast.

Rainy morning.  Statue.

Hotel Alex Johnson as seen from Tally's

After waiting about 20 min, 2 places at the bar opened up.  I had decaf coffee and beignet breakfast sliders, which were bacon, egg and cheddar on three sliced beignets, served on top of a little maple cream.  They were so good; cooked perfectly, the beignets were crisp and hot, not greasy or oily.  By the time we finished the rain had stopped, so we headed out toward Wind Cave National Park.