A Few More
Deb and I managed to make it up to the Badlands fly in on Saturday. We arrived later in the afternoon and made it to Wall, S.D. for lunch. It was a two-hour flight out of Front Range airport and just a really beautiful day for flying.
Seeing as we were the last ones to arrive at 6V4 (around 12:30 PM), we did get a pretty decent shot of all the RVs on the ramp. We were greeted by the mayor of Wall, Dave Hahn, who came out and got us parked and gave us a couple of pens and LED lights.
Thanks Dave.
A few shots from the trip.
After a short 10-minute walk into town, we found the main attraction.
Found this extinct creature in the "Back Yard" of the Wall Drug store.
The best close-up shot of Mt. Rushmore that we've ever taken.
Leaving Wall and headed over to Hot Springs, S.D. for the evening festivities at the Allen Ranch.
Flew over the Badlands en route to Hot Springs
This was our first time to the Badlands fly-in. We really would've liked to arrive on Friday and been able to spend some time meeting/socializing with everyone. We got to have dinner with, among others, Mel Asberry and his wife at the Allen Ranch.
It was nice to meet them as well as some other new RVing friends.
Larry puts on a well-organized/fun fly-in. Next year we're planning on going back and arriving a little earlier.
Some side notes about the trip... This one was pretty close for us coming out of Colorado, only 221 NM. We spent around $210.00 on fuel and the hotel (no freebies this time). Another $40.00 for the steak/salmon dinner at the Allen Ranch, the bus transportation is included with this. Lunch at the Wall Drug store about, $12.00 and a new puzzle for the grandson, $14.00.
So all totaled $276.00 round-trip and a great weekend of flying and "expanding our circle of friends."
Regards,