The Black Hills / Sturgis, Deadwood, Spearfish & Devils Tower
The Black Hills are just an incredible panorama of high plains, stunning canyons, significant historical landmarks, and small towns. Yesterday’s post covered some of the sights south of Rapid City. Today, I want to write about some of the areas to the north. If you’re heading west, you’ll hit them in this order: Sturgis, Deadwood, [...]
Continue ReadingThe Black Hills / Custer State Park
A short drive west of Badlands National Park is the Black Hills National Forest. Sprawling over 1.25 million acres, the Black Hills are so named for the color of the Forest’s Ponderosa Pines when seen from a distance. As a bit of trivia, within the forest is Harney Peak – and at about 7,200 feet, [...]
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Sioux Falls and The Badlands
As we drove across the border from Minnesota to South Dakota, I entered unchartered territory. For the first time since Amy and I started road tripping I was in a state that I never set foot in before. Not to worry, the “Welcome to South Dakota” sign made me feel at home. Sioux Falls Sioux [...]
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