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Cannonball it dude, LOL. Well, seriously, I did. I left on a Friday night and rolled into the Black Hills Saturday morning. Then drove on the ring road to Creston, up to Rapid City and Sturigs, down through Deadwood to Lead, up through Spearfish Canyon to get to Devil's tower, then back down to Custer. That was Day 1, I think it was about 1200 miles and I was up for 32+ hours (worked on the Friday we left).Black Hills area is beautiful for sure, but its a drive. I think that would be a 5 day trip minimum.
Not sure how many hours you put in on the most recent tour, but its a good two day drive to the Black Hills if youre going to go see anything or stop a few times.
First day you can make it to Sioux Falls or so, then the following day is a boring ass drive across I90, maybe stop at the Corn Palace or Badlands. One day doing the sights around the Black Hills, spearfish canyon, etc. then two days back with a night in the middle of Minnesota.
We'll all be running on Windows 11 with 5G chips for high speed-low distance comms, we'll be fine.The other problem with anything Canada is COVID and who knows how that situation will play out in 2022.
Cannonball it dude, LOL. Well, seriously, I did. I left on a Friday night and rolled into the Black Hills Saturday morning. Then drove on the ring road to Creston, up to Rapid City and Sturigs, down through Deadwood to Lead, up through Spearfish Canyon to get to Devil's tower, then back down to Custer. That was Day 1, I think it was about 1200 miles and I was up for 32+ hours (worked on the Friday we left).
I did Custer State Park and Iron Mountain Rd on a Monday, so minimal traffic and it was fantastic. Needles Highway was a rip too.
And no way they're all going to do it overnight like I did. I wanted to get a jump on the vacation, and my passenger slept most of the night while I drove.Been there, done that, two days is much more feasible, especially if you're in a large group or with people who need breaks or want to see stuff along the way.
No way you're going to get 13+ cars to all drive a solid 13 hours there and back IMO.
And no way they're all going to do it overnight like I did. I wanted to get a jump on the vacation, and my passenger slept most of the night while I drove.
For anyone thinking of going out that way, I recommend staying Custer instead of Keystone. Hotels were nicer quality for waaaaayyyyyy less money since it was a few miles further from Mt. Rushmore.
Been there a bunch, as it’s less than an hour from me, but I don’t really know if there’s enough road to make a tour out of it. Anybody here have jetskis? My boss does this trip almost weekly on his jetski or boat, and I went with him a few weeks back. One hell of a trip on the skisHas any thought been given to Door County.
Get to Sturgeon Bay then go up the Green bay side of the peninsula, then come back down the Lake Michigan side.
That is a good idea. I've never been down that way and have been wanting to. Good call.I was thinking about a Lake of the Ozarks Tour last night. Its about 7.5 hours away. Drive straight or overnight in St. Louis. We could stay at a nice waterfront hotel. Rent a boat, goto absolutely insane bars. Im sure there is decent driving in that area also.
Would be best to aim for a weekday to do the tail though. The weekend traffic and patroling is just redonkulous. I did it on a Friday, like January 2nd, and it was drizzling with fog. I think I saw five oncoming cars for the whole drive through there. It was glorious, except for the g/f's heaving from motion sickness. I've been wanting to go back to do it again "at speed". And by that, I mean even the posted limit would be fine. Most of the corners I had to take at 50% of the posted sign to keep her from wretching all over my seat and floormat.I think we should do a Tail trip next spring. Meet out there and drive the roads for a couple days then drive back. I stayed at an air BNB when I went with my GF last year. It's a 3 bedroom and has a ton of parking. I'd rent it again. Could be a cool place to grill out for dinner the first night.
Drive out on Saturday, hit the roads Sunday/Monday and drive back Tuesday.Would be best to aim for a weekday to do the tail though. The weekend traffic and patroling is just redonkulous. I did it on a Friday, like January 2nd, and it was drizzling with fog. I think I saw five oncoming cars for the whole drive through there. It was glorious, except for the g/f's heaving from motion sickness. I've been wanting to go back to do it again "at speed". And by that, I mean even the posted limit would be fine. Most of the corners I had to take at 50% of the posted sign to keep her from wretching all over my seat and floormat.