An important addendum: When you get to South Dakota, you will be in buffalo burger country and they are not o be missed. With several summers in SD, I have made an exhaustive and rigorous survey of the offerings and the winner is the BB at Mt Rushmore National Memorial. Their buffalo stew is really good as well. A close second is the Homestead, near the Hudson-Meng site, just north of Crawford, Nebraska (but that's out of the way, why would you go there?) Also recommended is the BB at the Mess Hall at Fort Robinson (it is not standard army rations, by a long shot).

Combine the BB with rhubarb pie and root beer floats, and you have Hikermor's South Dakota Diet, on which you can live happily ever after.