The Jab's Tiki Road Trip pictures - General Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Fri, Sep 12, 2003 8:06 PM Day 3: We made a detour off Route 20 to visit Brucemore, an old home in Cedar Rapids with a 1940s era Polynesian basement (in Tiki Road Trip book) but they wouldn't let us take pictures. After a lot of driving and good antique store shopping in Iowa we stopped for dinner in Lemars, Iowa at Archie's steakhouse. On a tip from Roadfood.com I ordered the "Benny Weiker" cut - a 18 oz. filet aged 21 days. It was without a doubt the best filet steak I have ever had! It ranks up there with the bone-in aged New York steak at Harris' in San Francisco. Good eatin' and it only cost $27 with crudites, salad, and perfect thin-cut fries. The owners of Archie's go to California to buy wines several times a year so they offer a good wine list to boot. The filet is on the left - Robin had the delicious tenderloin cut on the right (only $25!) Perfectly cooked! We stayed the night in Sioux City, Iowa, home of the loosemeat sandwich. Day 4: A long drive through Nebraska without much to see except a Klown museum (that's how they spelled it) and a lot of corn. WE left US 20 and detoured to the Badlands of South Dakota. Day 5: Stayed the night in Wall, SD, where Wall Drug has been a great roadside attraction for years: This one's for Mig: The coin-operated animatronic displays were highly entertaining: We spent the rest of the day driving through the Badlands, shopping in Rapid City, gazing at snakes at Reptile Gardens (an excellent old reptile zoo), and exploring a cave at Wind Cave National Park. Rapid City has a park filled with plaster dinosaurs that some crazy guy made back in the 30s. The road through Custer State Park was a wildlife lover's dream drive but few were close enough to get a really good picture without a zoom lens. We saw bison, elk, and bighorn sheep: We stayed the night at the nice vintage Rocket Motel in Custer. I forgot to take a picture but here's one from their web site: Where's the rocket? Well, I liked this one especially because the rooms were nicely decorated with black and white photos of local attractions like Mount Rushmore. Yay, no ugly southwest or cutesy country decor! Day 6: In the morning we saw Mount Rushmore (I'll spare you the boring pictures) and stopped to visit our friends Fred and Barney in Bedrock City! Who needs Mt. Rushmore when you have Mt. Rockmore! Sadly we had to leave the Black Hills area. We barely scatched the surface of the attractions there. It's a great area to visit if you like classic roadside attractions, natural beauty, and wildlife, without a lot of new development.

Day 3:

We made a detour off Route 20 to visit Brucemore, an old home in Cedar Rapids with a 1940s era Polynesian basement (in Tiki Road Trip book) but they wouldn't let us take pictures.

After a lot of driving and good antique store shopping in Iowa we stopped for dinner in Lemars, Iowa at Archie's steakhouse. On a tip from Roadfood.com I ordered the "Benny Weiker" cut - a 18 oz. filet aged 21 days. It was without a doubt the best filet steak I have ever had! It ranks up there with the bone-in aged New York steak at Harris' in San Francisco. Good eatin' and it only cost $27 with crudites, salad, and perfect thin-cut fries. The owners of Archie's go to California to buy wines several times a year so they offer a good wine list to boot.

The filet is on the left - Robin had the delicious tenderloin cut on the right (only $25!)

Perfectly cooked!

We stayed the night in Sioux City, Iowa, home of the loosemeat sandwich.

Day 4:

A long drive through Nebraska without much to see except a Klown museum (that's how they spelled it) and a lot of corn. WE left US 20 and detoured to the Badlands of South Dakota.

Day 5:

Stayed the night in Wall, SD, where Wall Drug has been a great roadside attraction for years:

This one's for Mig:

The coin-operated animatronic displays were highly entertaining:

We spent the rest of the day driving through the Badlands, shopping in Rapid City, gazing at snakes at Reptile Gardens (an excellent old reptile zoo), and exploring a cave at Wind Cave National Park. Rapid City has a park filled with plaster dinosaurs that some crazy guy made back in the 30s.

The road through Custer State Park was a wildlife lover's dream drive but few were close enough to get a really good picture without a zoom lens. We saw bison, elk, and bighorn sheep:

We stayed the night at the nice vintage Rocket Motel in Custer. I forgot to take a picture but here's one from their web site:

Where's the rocket? Well, I liked this one especially because the rooms were nicely decorated with black and white photos of local attractions like Mount Rushmore. Yay, no ugly southwest or cutesy country decor!

Day 6:

In the morning we saw Mount Rushmore (I'll spare you the boring pictures) and stopped to visit our friends Fred and Barney in Bedrock City!

Who needs Mt. Rushmore when you have Mt. Rockmore!

Sadly we had to leave the Black Hills area. We barely scatched the surface of the attractions there. It's a great area to visit if you like classic roadside attractions, natural beauty, and wildlife, without a lot of new development.

Post #51164 by thejab on Fri, Sep 12, 2003 8:06 PM