I looked around on google for casinos in Sioux Falls but they all look like little bars or dumps. The wife will have to drive around after the first day in Sioux, probably go garage sailing like in Escabana….lol.

remember that legal age is 21, a damper for your daughter coming

Custer Park wildlife loop is awesome. Devils Tower, Mount Rushmore, Badlands

Crazy Horse , if you have extra time I guess .

I enjoy riding those backroads just looking at the skyline . Mule deer, pronghorn very prevalent

Aye Aye captain

Custer state Park is nice, lot of stuff to see right around that.

Grand Falls Casino is about 10 to 15 miles east of Sioux Falls, that is a good sized casino.

Jumbo skunks!!

I liked the drive around the Custer wildlife loop and Spearfish canyon. Mount Rushmore was worth it to say you've been there. Bear country was neat. We spent most of our time driving around the backroads and saw plenty of buffalo (close) and alot of deer.

IMO save your money and skip Crazy Horse, that's a tourist trap and they'll never have it done for many lifetimes. Also you won't be anywhere near it either. (about a mile away in the parking lot) You can get a trolley ride to near the base of the mountain (we did) but you're still not close.

Some of you guys are weird. There is so much natural wonders to see out there the heck with the tourist traps unless time is unlimited. Casinos? Yuck. Before I'd go to a casino if go to the Moonshine Gulch Saloon in Rochford and have a cheeseburger.The hike to Haney peak is a great suggestion. It's now called Black Elk peak, the highest spot in SD. There is a fire lookout up there pretty cool. 3 to 4 hour round trip hike. Moderately steep.

Shakey, you better nail it down fast. Motels are nuts out there around the Sturgis rally.

Unfortunately that close to rally time it may be either impossible or super expensive to get rooms now anywhere remotely close to the hills.

I forgot about Needles highway and Haney Peak. We didn't get to do Haneys peak as the fog was so thick the morning we went you couldn't see more than a couple hundred yards if that so we didn't get far from the lake there. On that note it was the closest I'll probably get to a little mule deer buck. My wife was taking her time not to fall on the rocks going to the trail and I saw something move off to the side of us. I looked over and there he was about 75 feet from us just watching. He never did run. That was kinda cool.

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Ok, that’s who this Kristie chick is. I was wondering who called me. Wanted to know if Shakey from D&R was coming to SD….thought it might be a scammer.

I second that!!!

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