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Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Friday, June 6, 2008
Let's wrap up the week. Today is comment day!
This week we visited:
On the Prairie Deck:
Illinois where we can eat world famous pizza and dogs. And if we're lucking enough we could even visit the world famous Struble Suds.
On the Rushmore Deck:
South Dakota where we can visit Mt. Rushmore and all it's marvel. And who knew Dairy Queen's went so far north. I used to work at Dairy Queen but not in the store. I was in the corporate office. No soft serve for me!
On the Lake Deck:
Minnesota where I didn't mention the Mall of America.Tera discovered Chipolte Burritos in Minnesota. Katie's been to Mall of America when she was 10 and loved the Lego center. I still love Lego's! And, in recent news Minnesota is where Obama sealed his candidacy.
On the Flight Deck:
North Carolina where Anonymous brought to light Duke University and they lived in Wilmington, a great beach town.
On the Saguaro Cactus Deck:
Arizona where same Anonymous went to Arizona State University where they have great memories. Thanks for sharing them! And, I went down memory lane with the Grand Canyon, Four Corners National Monument, and Petrified Forest which I have little to no memory of actually seeing. :)
What do you do now?
On the Prairie Deck:
Illinois where we can eat world famous pizza and dogs. And if we're lucking enough we could even visit the world famous Struble Suds.
On the Rushmore Deck:
South Dakota where we can visit Mt. Rushmore and all it's marvel. And who knew Dairy Queen's went so far north. I used to work at Dairy Queen but not in the store. I was in the corporate office. No soft serve for me!
On the Lake Deck:
Minnesota where I didn't mention the Mall of America.
On the Flight Deck:
North Carolina where Anonymous brought to light Duke University and they lived in Wilmington, a great beach town.
On the Saguaro Cactus Deck:
Arizona where same Anonymous went to Arizona State University where they have great memories. Thanks for sharing them! And, I went down memory lane with the Grand Canyon, Four Corners National Monument, and Petrified Forest which I have little to no memory of actually seeing. :)
What do you do now?
If you are a resident of any of the above mentioned states read on.
Do you see the word comment just below this text? It may have the number zero in front of it. If we're lucky, it will have the number 59 in front of it. Move your little mouse down there and click and enter your comment on the next page and tell us what makes your state the Taste of USA!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Land of Great Faces & Great Places
You have just entered South Dakota! Welcome!
Hold on Mom! It was windy!
Our first stop- Mount Rushmore, of course!
Front: Uncle Delbert, Mom, Aunt Kay, Aunt Cynthia and Uncle Richard
Back: Uncle George, Uncle Tommy, Uncle Teddy & Uncle Abe
More than three million visitors come to Mount Rushmore every year. The project work was done between October 4, 1927 until October 31, 1941. Close to 400 men and women worked on the memorial and they climbed 700 stairs each day to get to work... talk about a workout!
People from South Dakota must really love carving mountains because they have another site. Crazy Horse Memorial. It says that it is the largest mountain carving in progress. And the project began in 1948. More cool stuff at their site!
North and South Dakota were one territory until 1889. What caused the split? Both Dakota's are named after the Dakota, Sioux tribe. The word Dakota means friends or allies. 90 percent of the state is prairie, grassland, and farmland. From the tourism info site, it looks like it's going to take a camper and adventure styled person to vacation here. It doesn't really feature any urban areas but I'm sure they're there. Somewhere. Help me out here!
South Dakota is now known as the Mount Rushmore State but it's only been official since 1992. Before that, they were known as the Sunshine State! Can you believe that? We'll talk about who reins as the Sunshine State later... if you would like to know more about visiting South Dakota check out http://www.travelsd.com/ and they can help plan your next vacation.
Fun facts about South Dakota are:
The state flower is the pasque.
The state tree is the black hills spruce.
The state gemstone is the fairburn agate.
All South Dakotian's report to the Rushmore Deck on Friday, June 6th and tell us what makes South Dakota the Taste of USA!
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