Because of the flight schedules, we could not leave home at a reasonable hour and make it to the Monday afternoon Road Scholars sign-in and orientation in Rapid City. So we decided on a saner approach and leave a day early. Neither of us has been to Rapid City before, and we figured we could relax and maybe do a little exploring on Monday morning. Linda hoped to find some Black Hills gold.

When we checked in for our flight to DFW, I was very happy to see that my boarding pass had “TSA PRECHK”. What a surprise! Linda normally gets this every time, but I usually have to go through the whole security check-in rigmarole. Of course I really should have known better – when we reached airport security, we were informed that Pre Check was not set up today, and that we had to go through the normal screening!

The trip itself was fairly uneventful, although an equipment problem in Dallas caused us to be late getting into Rapid City. All our luggage showed up, however, so I am not complaining too much. The shuttle service safely delivered us, and three other Road Scholars who were on our flight, to the Hotel Alex Johnson — our home for the next three nights.

Hotel Alex Johnson

Alex Johnson Lobby