Omaha, NE (8 hours - 523 miles)
Yea! We left on time. Mount Rushmore is only 30 minutes south. We lucked out with a beautiful morning. The pass into Mount Rushmore is only $11 and is good for a year. It is non-transferable. They put your license plate on the pass.
James will tell you, I have wanted to go to Rushmore for awhile. It is a little farther than a weekend trip. I don't know why. It is amazing to look at the faces. I wish we could have seen it lit up at night. We spent just under two hours. We walked through the museum and watched the Building of Mt Rushmore movie. There is a brief tour with a ranger that takes you up a little closer.
Next stop, Wall Drug. Don't bother unless you have to stop for the FREE water. It's an over priced hamburger. James says, "As Mt Rushmore is a testament to big vision, Wall Drug is a testament to great marketing."
You do lose an hour on this leg of the trip. The drive across the rest of the state is long and boring. It's flat and really not pretty. The closer we got to Omaha the more water appeared. It was a slower drive because they would continually move you over to get away from the river. Just short of reaching Omaha we had to make a detour, an hours worth. So we didn't get our Welcome to Nebraska sign. Council Bluffs was pretty close to being under water do to the decision of the Army Corp of Engineers wanting to save down river. We were so glad to get to the hotel.
HOTEL: Comfort Suites (***)
Review - (2 queen bed suite, internet, breakfast) The bed was good. It was just a plain room. The breakfast was good.
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