ChadSDPhoto Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Howdy from South Dakota. I drove SD Highways 34 and 14 from Fort Pierre to Wall yesterday morning and thought I'd give a report. I think the numbers say it best - Miles 120 Towns 5 Gas Stations 4 Public Restrooms 7 (if you count two roadside rest areas with outhouses) Speed limited areas under 65 mph 3 Police Officers 0 Friendly waves from other drivers 9 Pheasants wandering along the roadside 24 Tumbleweeds actually tumbling 5 "No Hunting" tires on fenceposts 4 Wall Drug billboards 23 Beautiful prairie scenery and wide-open sky Unlimited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhound Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Howdy from South Dakota. I drove SD Highways 34 and 14 from Fort Pierre to Wall yesterday morning and thought I'd give a report. I think the numbers say it best - Miles 120 Towns 5 Gas Stations 4 Public Restrooms 7 (if you count two roadside rest areas with outhouses) Speed limited areas under 65 mph 3 Police Officers 0 Friendly waves from other drivers 9 Pheasants wandering along the roadside 24 Tumbleweeds actually tumbling 5 "No Hunting" tires on fenceposts 4 Wall Drug billboards 23 Beautiful prairie scenery and wide-open sky Unlimited What is a no hunting tire? A Wall Drug billboard every 5 miles? That seems like a high concentration of advertising for a road with so many pheasants wandering around. Roadhound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadSDPhoto Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 What is a no hunting tire? A Wall Drug billboard every 5 miles? That seems like a high concentration of advertising for a road with so many pheasants wandering around. Roadhound Hmm, I thought No Hunting tires were a wide-spread phenomenon, but maybe not. Here's what I'm talking about. And the Wall Drug signs are actually mainly within the last 15 miles of the route, belive it or not. Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhound Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hmm, I thought No Hunting tires were a wide-spread phenomenon, but maybe not. Here's what I'm talking about. Chad I haven't seen any of those out here in Cal-ee-forn-i-eh. I haven't ever seen one of those before come to think of it. It might just be a South Dakota thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 (edited) Folks do things a bit different out there in the wide open spaces. I remember a hand lettered sign posted on the doors of a motel we stayed at in Valentine, NE (when my daughter, KC, and I went out to the Black Hills) that said: "There will be no cleaning of fish or game in the bathrooms". Another sign I saw in Baker, MT, on my way to Miles City and Seattle proclaimed "Last gas for 92 miles." How right they were. Only in the American West. Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Edited April 16, 2008 by Alex Burr - hester_nec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadSDPhoto Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Folks do things a bit different out there in the wide open spaces. I think I'll take that as a compliment. And I also won't disagree. Just in case anyone's interested, The Travel Channel will run a program on Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills this Friday: Friday April 18 5:00 PM ET/PT It was also on last night and includes some great driving shots along the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, part of which are Iron Mountain Road (with pigtail bridges and tunnels that frame Mount Rushmore) and the Needles Highway. You can see pictures of this area on my blog at www.dakotagraph.blogspot.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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