![]() ![]() We used the guest kitchen (stove, microwave, frig, all dishes you need) to make dinner. It was a quick evening drive (less than 1 hr) from Rapid City, and the kids had a great time spotting the prairie dog towns along the way. What a great choice it turned out to be! The Circle View is a family-oriented B&B-a welcome break from the tourist-oriented hotels of the Black Hills. Circle View Ranch is a place to relax, enjoy the view and tranquility, and to just enjoy life for a moment or two.For "something different" during our 10-day South Dakota vacation, we made a reservation for 3 nights at this guest ranch right near the entrance and main visitor center for the Badlands National Park. ![]() After breakfast and some more coffee we packed up, took a few more pictures, and headed out. So outside at breakfast the US, Germany, and Uruguay were all represented. And breakfast was enormous, varied, and so delicious! I know all that cooking is a lot of work and we really appreciated it! We sat outside to eat and we got to meet another traveler from Wisconsin as well as some girls from Germany. Having coffee on the downstairs patio with such a magnificent view of the Badlands was a real treat. We slept well and made our way to the downstairs kitchen for coffee and breakfast the next morning. We didn't get to enjoy being at the ranch as much as we would have liked because we had to be off first thing the next morning, but we enjoyed every moment we had. We also liked petting the donkeys, ever hungry calf, and seeing the chickens. There were lots of kids and families there. We were a bit worried when a kid started pounding on the piano in the common room just as we were headed to bed, but there is a 10pm quiet rule and it was fine. It was getting dark out, but we still had enough time to enjoy the view and eat some sandwiches we brought with us before heading off to bed. ![]() ![]() After that was settled, we met outside on the upper patio. We reserved two rooms and decided who was going to stay in which room. We were checked in quickly by a very cheerful young woman. I'm sure our one night at the ranch was an experience our friends would never be able to repeat. We stayed at the ranch for one night on a whirlwind tour of Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower with our friends who were visiting from South America. ![]()
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