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Meet Flopsy: our stuffed Jackalope mascot!

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Flospy the Jackalope - Silly America's jackalope mascot
Flospy the Jackalope – Silly America’s jackalope stuffed animal mascot

Flopsy the Jackalope hopped into my life (and my car) at Wall Drug in South Dakota, and has become my new best travel pal (and my new Silly America stuffed jackalope mascot)!

Flopsy is a Jackalope, which is a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope. This mammal one of the rarest animals in the land. So rare, that many, wrongly, believe that it doesn’t really exist.

Jackalopes are native to Wall, South Dakota and Douglas, Wyoming (the jackalope capital of the world and home of both the world’s largest jackalope and the world’s even larger jackalope), but can be found across the United States (I once even spotted one in Austin, Texas!).

These animals are fast, and can speed at up to 63 miles per hour, so it’s sometimes tough to catch a rare jackalope, even a glimpse. Consider yourself lucky if you’ve ever seen a jackalope in the wild. Even luckier are you if one of them decides to let you adopt him! Especially as they are known as being very shy creatures.

Flopsy made himself a home in what used to be the cell phone holder in my car, but now is to be known as the Flopsy cave. From his seat in my car, he will be my travel buddy, and navigator, on upcoming adventures around the country. He tells me that he is so excited to explore the world and can’t wait to travel with me!

Here are some photos of my new friend from the rest of the road trip and some later road trips we took together!

Flopsy: our stuffed Jackalope mascot!

Stuffed jackalope on the World’s Largest Porch Swing in Hebron, Nebraska
Flopsy at the World’s Largest Porch Swing in Hebron, Nebraska
World's Largest Truckstop - Iowa 80 Truckstop
Our jackalope stuffed animal at the World’s Largest Truckstop – Iowa 80 Truckstop
Flopsy the Jackalope - Silly America's jackalope mascot - in his spot in our road trip car.
Flopsy in his spot in our road trip car.
Flopsy the Jackalope - Silly America's jackalope mascot - tucked into a hotel bed after a long day of road tripping.
Tucked into a hotel bed after a long day of road tripping.
Flopsy the Jackalope with a Sinclair Station Dinosaur in Missouri
Flopsy the Jackalope with a Sinclair Station Dinosaur in Missouri.
Flopsy the Jackalope with the Giant Superman statue, a roadside attraction in Metropolis, Illinois.
Our mascot with the Giant Superman statue, a roadside attraction in Metropolis, Illinois.
Flopsy in front of a Big Boy statue in Michigan.
Flopsy sees his shadow - Groundhog Day Movie Filming Locations in Woodstock, Illinois
Flopsy the stuffed jackalope sees his shadow at the Groundhog Day Movie Filming Locations in Woodstock, Illinois.

Stay tuned for more Silly America adventures with Flopsy, my jackalope stuffed animal mascot, by my side!

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VALerie BROMANN

Founder & Head Road Tripper

Val is the founder and head road tripper at Silly America. Having grown up near Berwyn's famed car kabob, The Spindle, and a restaurant with a cow on its roof, her fascination with roadside attractions started early. Today, Val has visited hundreds roadside attractions across the United States and is constantly on the lookout for the next BIG thing!

The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book - Everything You Need to Have and Record an Epic Road Trip! By Valerie Bromann

The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book

Everything You Need to Have and Record an Epic Road Trip!

BY Valerie Bromann

Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.

The road trip you’ve been dreaming of starts here! Journal about your stops and get to know your fellow passengers with activities and exercises designed to pass the time and bring you closer together. Instead of “Are we there yet?” you’ll find yourself asking, “We’re there already?”. Complete with prompts you can turn to while driving between locations, this journal will one day be a memento of your life-changing trip.