Road Trip to the Dakotas

South Dakota is expansive where rolling prairies give way to the dramatic Black Hills National Forest. See the colorful cliffs and canyons at Badlands National Park, explore from the prairies to the mountains at Custer State Park and learn all about their famous bison herd. Mt. Rushmore is a tour highlight! See the amazing carving of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln on the side of the mountain. Visit the Crazy Horse Memorial – the towering mountainside sculpture of the famous Indian Chief. Other South Dakota highlights include the Ft. Hays Western Dinner Show including sets from the movie “Dances with Wolves”, spend 2 nights in Rapid City, visit Deadwood, see Sioux Falls, the Statue “Dignity”, Wall Drug and the Corn Palace.  North Dakota is dominated by the Great Plains that give way to the rugged Badlands near the border with Montana where Theodore Roosevelt National Park sits.  Visit the park and see the ND Badlands.   We spend 2 nights near Medora, ND and experience some of the best dining in the West at Pitchfork Fondue – cowboy chefs expertly load New York Strip steaks onto pitchforks to cook!  Get into the Western spirit at the Medora Musical – a fun & entertaining Country Western Music Revue Show.  The NEW Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is now open and we will visit!  The inventive $450 million center devoted to Roosevelt celebrates the beauty of North Dakota and conservation.  We will even make a stop to see the ND roadside attraction – the World’s Largest Buffalo Monument standing 26 feet tall! Other places we will visit along the way include Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, drive through eastern Montana, make a stop at the St. Louis Arch and Sioux Falls, SD and Omaha, NE.   A guided tour of Chicago as we make our way through the city is a tour highlight!  Visit one of the largest working dairy farms in the country in Indiana.  Spend one afternoon & night in Minnesota near the Mall of America – the largest mall in the USA – so you can shop ’til you drop!  This is a Classic Road Trip packed full of so many amazing stops and through some states you may still need to mark off your list!  Includes 17 Meals (11 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 5 Dinners + 3 Free Drury Inn Dinners)