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Looks like a fun time! Too bad Nik didn't want to ride the Jackolope as how often do you get the chance?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
After leaving Wall Drug, we drove back one exit to enter Badlands National Park.
We paid our entrance fee, and headed to Cedar Pass Lodge to check in. We were assigned cabin 111.
The cabin was very nice, my only complaint was that the shower stall was a tad too small. I would have gladly given up a few inches in the main room for a bit more room in there.
We looked out on our back porch and noticed what I thought was a dead/dying rabbit, but he was just chilling—never seen one so relaxed at home. There were a ton of rabbits in the cabin area—we christened them Badland Bunnies.
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Nice photos and love the cabin which looks quite comfy!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Love your cabin! Very nice! I looked out our dining room window a while back and thought a bunny had died under one of our evergreen trees, but he was chillin' out like the one in your photo.
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June 25, 2017 (cont.) We got settled in to the cabin and had dinner at the Lodge. I had the Sioux Indian Taco (Indian fry bread topped with seasoned buffalo meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa and sour cream. The boys both had burgers. I also had a Knuckle Head Red from Knuckle Head brewing (which I thought was local, but turns out they are located in New York). We discovered the lodge area had free Wi-Fi, so we were able to post on Facebook and Instagram while staying there.
After dinner we walked around the gift shop and noticed they had some local craft brews so we picked up a six pack to drink in the room. We chose the Crow Peak 11th Hour IPA, brewed in Spearfish, SD.
We also talked to the front desk about the park’s nighttime program. As luck would have it, we arrived at the end of the Astronomy Festival. At 9pm, the guest speaker was Kevin Poe (aka the Dark Ranger). A little bit before 9pm, we headed over to the Cedar Pass Amphitheater which was right next to the lodge.
There were several telescopes set up for guests to view different things in the night sky. Kevin Poe, is a ranger based out of Bryce Canyon NP. He did a short talk which highlighted women’s roles in the history of Astronomy.
As he spoke and the sky got darker, the number of stars/planets you could see kept increasing. Living in the suburbs of Chicago the night sky is never dark enough at home to see all that. I tried to take a photo, but my photography skills are lacking. We were told that the best viewing was around 2:30am. As we walked back to our cabin we told each other that if any of us woke up around that time, we would get the others up to take a look. Well, despite the fact that I usually sleep horribly away from home, no one was up until the morning light started coming in the room on Monday.ave
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Sounds like a great dinner and great time overall!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Sounds like a great time. Unfortunately none of your photos are showing up for me.
All four were showing up when I posted yesterday, but this am only one is showing up for me. Wonder if that is a photobucket issue or a user (me) issue? After I posted this, I went back to the post and all four were there. Guess it is us just taking a long time to load??
All four were showing up when I posted yesterday, but this am only one is showing up for me. Wonder if that is a photobucket issue or a user (me) issue? After I posted this, I went back to the post and all four were there. Guess it is us just taking a long time to load??
Possibly, but it could be Photobucket as well. They're currently in the midst of stopping third party hosting (i.e. on message boards). If you haven't heard about these, it might be worth reading the thread about it in the Sharing the Adventure WDW Trip Reports forum.
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Unfortunately none of your photos are showing up for me. 
Wonder if that is a photobucket issue or a user (me) issue?
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