Abortion Law May Affect S.D. Tourism

Associated Press ^ | Fri Mar 17, 3:20 PM ET | CHET BROKAW

[clawrence3]

Who knows, maybe it will INCREASE tourism?

[clawrence3]

I found it (the Park's web site was down for maintenance - planned, I hope):

Plane
Rapid City Regional Airport: 35 miles to the memorial from Rapid City Regional Airport.

Car
Visitors traveling on I-90 should exit at Rapid City and follow Highway 16 southwest to Keystone and then Highway 244 to Mount Rushmore. Visitors coming from the south should follow Highway 385 north to Highway 244, which is the road leading to the memorial.

Public Transportation
Rental cars or private tour companies can bring visitors to the memorial from Rapid City, SD. Personal vehicles are the most common form of transportation. No public transportation options exist.

[taxesareforever]

Some callers said they were so upset that they would never visit Mount Rushmore, South Dakota's No. 1 tourist attraction

Yeah, they were probably calling from France or Germany.

[California Patriot]

This is another example of the Left's latent totalitarianism. If someone does something you don't like, you punish them and, if you think it will help your cause, you try to punish everyone associated with them. The end always justifies the means. And everything -- everything -- is political, even where to vacation. The enemy is evil and we must have no contact with them, none.

God, these people are contemptible.

[California Patriot]

Maybe some were from France and Germany, but there are plenty of these pukes in the United States, too. Millions, in fact. Most won't take the trouble to boycott South Dakota, but many would like to and see nothing wrong with it. There are lots and lots of pschitty people in this country whose arrogant left-wing fanaticism is either obvious or just beneath the surface.

[clawrence3]

Is it too crowded to come on the 4th of July?

[MplsSteve]

Rapid City has a full-service airport.

You could fly into Sioux Falls - but then you'd have to drive across the whole state.

[clawrence3]

Thanks - I'm looking into flights right now.

[Always Learning]

Yes, your info is accurate. It's a 25-30 mile drive from Rapid City INTERNATIONAL Airport. In Rapid City, you will be in the primary tourism area.But, the major airports to fly into to get a flight into Rapid City are Denver, Salt Lake, and, to a lesser degree, MPLS. As the Black Hills are the primary tourist attraction in this prairie state, you can see

The Black Hills in general" Of course!!

The ongoing Crazy Horse Monument:

The eastern part of the state prides itself on being more of a prairie and more cosmopolitan than us westerners. They give us our demo senators with whom you are too familiar.

[Always Learning]

OOPS!!!! That didn't turn out right. Sorry all.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Yeah, when I have my choice of Hawaii, the Carribean, Asia or Australia, I usually also check out Pierre South Dakota first, to see what amazing sights they have to offer me when I'm on holiday.

[Clemenza]

Yes it will. I for one plan on spending more money there than usual when I drive through on I-90 next month.

[Clemenza]

Its a short ride on a puddle jumper from MSP or Detroit to Rapid City. Northwest naturally has the most flights there.

[A6M3]

I would like to suggest that the South Dakota State Legislature declare that on the date the Supreme Court made Roe v Wade the law of the land, that this date will henceforth be an annual day of mourning and memorial for the 30 million plus babies that have been murdered as a result of the courts decision.

[Clemenza]

I thought that Northwest had the most flights to Rapid City. I guess I am wrong.

I will be visiting South Dakota for the FIRST TIME next month. I will be driving along I-90 on my way back to New York. I planned on stopping to see Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Any other great sights or places to eat on the I-90 corridor?

[Old Sarge]

Drunken LibIdiot floozies

Hey, Stud...

[taxesareforever]

I agree. But the state of South Dakota isn't going to be hurt in the least by their threats. They probably weren't ever intending to go to SD anyway.

[kcvl]

Gerard A. Baker, superintendent of the "Corps of Discovery II: 200 Years to the Future" project and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, headquartered in Omaha, has been named superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota. The appointment will be effective May 30, 2004. Baker succeeds Don Striker, who recently accepted an assignment with the National Park Service's Comptroller's office in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Baker attended schools on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation at Mandaree, North Dakota, and graduated from St. Mary's High School in New England, North Dakota, in 1972. He graduated in 1979 from Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, Oregon, with bachelor of science degrees in Criminology and Sociology.

Baker has lectured extensively on American Indian issues. In 1997, he was a consultant to Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan on their "Lewis & Clark: A Corps of Discovery" film, which had a special preview at the White House.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is pure AP spin, nothing more, nothing less. A non-story to give the pro-life movement a black eye.

These people weren't going to visist SD anyway. They're all a bunch of limosuine liberals.

[kcvl]

Gerard Baker and his brother, Badlands National Parks Superintendent Paige Baker


Paige and Gerard Baker are members of the Mandan-Hidatsa tribe from Fort Berthold, North Dakota.