Those who know me well are aware of my secret longing to stand at the end of a field facing a line of people holding shotguns pointed at me while I take pictures. My dream came true when I found my self traipsing through a field on a pheasant hunt in South Dakota. Words cannot […]
South Dakota
RV Autumn Travel Safety Alert
RV Autumn Travel Safety Alert Before I share the drone video and pictures from our respite with Monte and the girls at his mountain retreat, I must issue this RV Autumn Travel Safety Alert. If you are thinking that late October might be an excellent time to drive north, I have two words for you […]
Traveling in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark
On the first pilgrimage Storm and I made out west we stopped over for one night in a campground on the Missouri river just outside of Yankton, South Dakota. Without ever discussing it or even remembering the exact name of the campground, we both filed that area away on our bucket list for a revisit. […]
An Independence Day Quandary
Leisurely rolling our way across the South Dakota plains, we stopped for the night in Presho where we were informed by the campground host that we should not miss the 4th of July celebration in nearby Vivian (population 119). According to our host and the web, the celebrations were to include: Various games throughout the […]
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
I lied earlier when I said that Storm and I did not have the commitment needed to visit the underground launch facility at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. After everyone left to return to NC, Storm and I found an RV site nearer to the visitor center. We got up bright and early and […]
Our Custer, SD Vacation
There are so many things to see in the area around Rapid City, SD that I cannot list them all here. We were lucky enough to visit: Custer State Park – where we hiked the Creekside Trail with Priscilla, paddled in Legion Lake, rode the Wildlife Loop, rode Needles Highway and met participants in The […]
