Travel Tips

I drive a hot orange Mini Cooper convertible which I've named the Lady Mango. Well the Lady and I throughly enjoy takin' trips around the US together but I thought we needed a friend just to make sure we always have a good time...so I present the introduction of Mr. Ninpi - my traveling Gnomad. I'll try and post adventures with his photos here as often as I can. Our first trip together was from Iowa to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Here we can see Mr. Ninpi at Wall Drug, the icon of South Dakota.

Here we find Mr. Ninpi at the Geo-Center of the US while traveling through Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

Mr. Ninpi and I made sure to make a short side trip to the Crazy Horse monument while near Custer, South Dakota.

Of couse we had to stop and take some photos in the beauty of Badlands National Park in Western South Dakota.

Gotta love a tiny Mr. Ninpi with the huge faces of the founders of democracy at Mount Rushmore National Monument near Keystone, South Dakota.

Mr. Ninpi, the Lady Mango and I all got caught in a rather late spring snowstorm near Spearfish, South Dakota.

No trip to South Dakota is complete without a few photos of the Black HIlls in the Western part of the state.

If you are ever in the Omaha area, just off I-680 you can find this great scenic overlook. This was taken in June 2006 at the overlook tower I wrote my name in during my first solo visit to Colorado when I was 17. I was suprised to see it still standing. Featured with Mr. Ninpi is my husband Jon.