I really lost internet connection in the Black Hills and it became nearly impossible to post. I’m going to try and step back and recreate what we did. First up was a trip to Mount Rushmore, which did not disappoint. Incredible to see in person. Pop Pip, Cam, Mike and I did the trail up …
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Lake Pactolus
Today, we started off with a long walk on the Mickelson Trail. Turns out the trail is an old railroad track. Pretty trail, we found lots of interesting rock. I’m always looking for my hearts from Larry and I found two. Next we headed over to Lake Pactolus, intending to paddle board. When we got …
Badlands
Today we headed to the very hot Badlands. It was 96 degrees. Incredible pictures of pink and yellow hued rocks. The boys climbed up to the top of yellow mound. Zachary finished another junior ranger program and earned his badge. We had lunch at the visitor center where we watched a woman driving a tour …
Mount Rushmore
Today, we visited Mount Rushmore. We came away impressed with how they were able to carve them out of the mountain side. 450,000 ton of rock was removed. Dynamite was used to help sculpt. Precision drilling was performed to ensure a life like impression. It truly is remarkable and a national treasure. Zachary has been …
Hill City, SD
We arrived here yesterday. Internet is very slow and no tv, that might kill grandpa. Nonetheless, the vacation moves on. We traveled most of the day after a breakfast nest Devil’ Tower. The boys and I walked Mickelson Trail to stretch the legs. Pretty flat one. No bears, thank goodness. In fact, the owner laughed …
Hill City, SD
This morning, we leave for Hill City. Lucky for us (sarcasm included) the Sturgis biker event starts this Friday not far from where we will be. Bikers, bikers, everywhere. We may need to get ourselves some biker gear to blend in…does anyone have a Harley available? We spent our last night at a small town …
Devil’s Tower
Today, we visited Devil’s Tower. Our RV park overlooks it. Looming presence throughout the area. We hiked up the trail for 1.3 mikes, up and down various hills. It was a pretty walk We watched several climbers scaling the tower. We caught one on his way back. It took him 2 1/2 hours to do …
Little Bighorn
On the way to Devil’s Tower, we stopped at this national monument. At first, I think we were all a little complacent about visiting. We milled through the visitor center and then headed outdoors and ran into an invigorating park ranger. He gave a 10 minute talk about what happened at the site. But what …
Travel Day
Goodbye Yellowstone Yesterday was a travel day, not much of anything exciting to report. We headed to Hardin, Montana. Pretty cool to pass through Billings and Bozeman. At Bozeman, we stopped for lunch and hit the Target up for groceries. It was packed. We did pass through Gallatin National Forest, which was very pretty. A …
Final Day
Yesterday was our final day in Yellowstone. We started our day in a long line to Madison, we’re pretty sure it was our usual suspect, Bob…but unfortunately we didn’t get a view. But nonetheless, we think it is safe to say Oh Bob, must you. First we headed to Obsidian Cliff, where the rocks glistened. …