You Might Live In South Dakota... (Sioux Falls, Rapid City: houses, landscaping, weddings)

[DannyBanany]

Funny thing...
Most of these are TRUE!!

If "vacation" to you means going shopping for the weekend in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, or Spearfish (while the kids swim at the Comfort Inn)...
You might live in South Dakota.

If parking your car for the night involves an extension cord...
You might live in South Dakota

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by...or if you consider that a sport!
You might live in South Dakota.

If you're proud that your state makes the national news primarily because it houses the coldest spot in the nation...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy"...
You might live in South Dakota

If your local Dairy Queen is closed "for the season" from November through March...
You might live in South Dakota.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there...
You might live in South Dakota.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time...
You might live in South Dakota.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you have ever been stuck in a traffic jam due to a John Deere tractor on Highway 34...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you know how to correctly pronounce Pierre, Huron, Ipswich and BELLE FOURCHE... or know how to spell it!
You might live in South Dakota.

If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you measure distance in hours...
You might live in South Dakota.

If your family vehicle is a crew cab pickup...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you know several people who have hit deer more than once...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you often switch from "heat" to "A/C"in the same day and back again...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events, such as weddings, funerals, or "black tie events"...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you've installed security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked...
You might live in South Dakota.

If the largest traffic jam in your town centers around a high school basketball game...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them...
You might live in South Dakota.

If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Wal-Mart at any given time...
You might live in South Dakota.

If there are more people at work on Christmas Eve Day than on the Deer/Phesant Season Opener...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit...
You might live in South Dakota.

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you can identify a southern or eastern accent...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you consider Rapid City exotic...
You might live in South Dakota.

If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your cottonwood...
You might live in South Dakota.

If the banana belt to you means Rapid City...
You might live in South Dakota.

If a brat is something you eat...
You might live in South Dakota.

If finding your misplaced car keys involves looking in the ignition...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you go out to a fish fry every Friday...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you find 0 degrees only a little chilly...
You might live in South Dakota.

If you find a rack on a big game animal is just as attractive as on a female...
You might live in South Dakota

[awoods2]

Originally Posted by DannyBanany

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction...
You might live in South Dakota.

Gee, and I thought the 4 seasons in South Dakota were, Construction One, Sturgis, Construction Two, and Ski.

Adam

[Jammie]

Danny, that is so cool and you're right~it's true.

I forgot to let you know that we went to see National Treasure last weekend. I got so excited when they finally made it to So. Dak. that I missed seeing you in the movie. We were so impressed with their shots of Rushmore and Sylvan (I think?) Lake. They did an awesome job and the mountain looked so majestic. The scenery shots were beautiful and hopefully that'll encourage out of staters to vacation here.

[DannyBanany]

Well, I went to see it opening night too. Waited in line out in the cold for 45 minutes only to see that I was not anywhere in the film!

So much for my debut!

Some of the geography was changed in the movie though. Sylvan Lake is actually about 20 miles away from Mount Rushmore in Custer State Park, not directly behind it. And I highly doubt the existence of an Aztec city made of gold beneath Mount Rushmore. Maybe I should head up there tomorrow and do some exploring. The rocks that the actors climbed on in the movie are actually a spot for locals to climb. I spent countless hours climbing on those rocks when I was little.

[Jammie]

Yea, I kind of figured all that gold wasn't in a cave in that area. OK, at least I know that with my inattentiveness I didn't miss seeing you since you weren't there.

[Thieroff]

Originally Posted by Jammie

Danny, that is so cool and you're right~it's true.

I forgot to let you know that we went to see National Treasure last weekend. I got so excited when they finally made it to So. Dak. that I missed seeing you in the movie. We were so impressed with their shots of Rushmore and Sylvan (I think?) Lake. They did an awesome job and the mountain looked so majestic. The scenery shots were beautiful and hopefully that'll encourage out of staters to vacation here.

Correct me if I'm wrong, because I haven't seen the movie, but isn't it Pactola Reservoir?


CT

[DannyBanany]

Originally Posted by Thieroff

Correct me if I'm wrong, because I haven't seen the movie, but isn't it Pactola Reservoir?


CT

Well, they filmed parts of it at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park and then made it look like the lake was right behind Mount Rushmore. Pactola Lake is actually 30 miles or so north of Mount Rushmore. It is also a reservoir and it would probably be too low to do filming with. It's at about 40% capacity!

[Thieroff]

We were at a lake this summer, right below Mt Rushmore. There was a few camps across the lake a ways. I remember that place distinctly, and I was searching around on Flickr one day and I saw a photograph of the same exact place and it said it was Pactola.

I guess they got their information wrong.

Any idea what the name of that lake is?


CT

[Jammie]

Thieroff, in the movie it looked like it could've been Sylvan Lake. It did confuse me cause I knew it wasn't right by Mt. Rushmore, but it appears the movie industry just kind of skips around.

[Rock Hunter 24/7]

The lake behind Mt. Rushmore is Horse Thief Lake.

Bob