Roses and the River -- Dinner View

Today we traveled through the Badlands National Park in South Dakota, driving from Rapid City to Pierre.  Now bear in mind, those lands did not do anything wrong to earn this label, nor are they inherently evil.  They do, however, have no positive attributes.  Average annual precipitation is a whopping 16 inches.....that's called arid.

The indians wanted no part of it either and opted for the Black Hills to the west to call their home.

Having passed through this barren wasteland, we arrived in Pierre.  It did not take long for us to learn proper pronunciation of this city.  So as our audience will be prepared if they ever visit SD, it's not pronounced "pee-air" as we thought, but actually "peer."  Do that and they will think you are a native.

Tonight we dined at the Cattleman's Club Steakhouse, 5 miles out of town, at the suggestion of the hotel front desk person.  What a treat!  It's privately owned by a former rancher and his family and was full of "locals."

The steaks were delicious and the ambiance, from the sawdust on the floor to the rose/Missouri River view, was fabulous.