Day Five — Hansel and Gretel. We woke up in an actual bed today! And…
By: The Digital Hippie
Tags: Dogs, Black Hills, Blog, Travel, Airbnb

We woke up in an actual bed today! And we took a hot shower! Hallelujah

When you spend a few cold and dirty days sleeping in a tent you really appreciate the things we take for granted.

We decided that today would be a slow day. When we booked this AirBnB we knew we wanted a day without traveling, a day without something to do. We’ve been moving and going for 5 days now. We were ready for a break. A recharge.

Our AirBnB host Jerry and Annie have a really nice place out here in rural Rapid City, SD. They and their two pups, Hansel and Gretel, have made us feel very welcome in their home. Hansel is a delightfully friendly golden retriever who will climb right in your lap if you want him to, which I did. Gretel is a super sweet german shepherd who practically talks to you and barks whenever you stop petting her.

This goofy boi is Hansel. We became instant buds.

Jason decided to hibernate in the basement and work from bed.

Jason’s Office Bed

I found a nice spot under a shade tree on their lovely back porch. It was a nice and quiet work day, with perfect 75 degree weather and calm breeze.

I took a nice long walk down a two lane blacktop and soaked in some vitamin D and amazing scenery.

After our work day was done we headed into town for some food and supplies.

With no plan or direction in mind we just drove through downtown Rapid City until something caught our attention. Pizza had been in our minds so when we saw “The Best Pizza in Town” painted on the side of a brick building we immediately pulled into a parking spot and loaded the meter with some change. That’s a bold statement and we intended to test it out.

We walked into Ifrits Hookah Lounge as the bartender, who was the only person in the place, was leaning on the bar focused on his smartphone.

Not realizing this was a hookah bar and really looking for a pizza joint, we were a little uncertain what we had in store for us. Especially since the place was completely dead. We just had a mediocre dining experience the night before and really didn’t want another.

“Do y’all have WiFi”

“Yeah but it’s $20” Joked the bartender.

That’ll do. We decided to give it a shot.

After setting up devices and scrounging up a power source for our laptops we got some more work done. The WiFi at the AirBnB is not the best so we took advantage of the broadband and uploaded pics, videos and anything else we could.

The large supreme pizza sounded good but the waiter explained they were out of most veggies due to a refrigerator failure. Our hopes of a good pie were getting thinner but we’re not picky, we said load it up with what you got and got back to work.

I spent some time editing video and Jason picked up some more work. It felt really good to work with some of the great pics and videos we got of our time at Mt Roosevelt.

The pizza took what seemed like forever to arrive but I think that’s mainly because we were both so hungry. We had both skipped breakfast.

We pushed our laptops aside and immediately dug into the cheesy new york style pizza. We didn’t even get the obligatory pizza pic! Since this is the only pizza we’ve had in this town we can’t speak to it being the best but it certainly did not disappoint. Our spirits were lifted. We scarfed down a few pieces and got a go box for the rest.

Jason wanted to run into the local Wal-Mart on the way back. I dropped him off at the door and got in some quality people watching time while I waited.

Back at Jerry and Annie’s place we decided to watch some movies on the small screen in our basement area. A quiet and peaceful night here in the Black Hills.

Stay tuned

~CH