Jewel Cave National Monument Custer

Leaving Sundance, WY, we traveled Southeast to Deadwood, South Dakota, infamous for its Wild West history in the late 1870s (the town proudly embraces its fame for that period in time, including "gambling, whoring, and gunfighting"). Foremost in the town's plethora of historical figures is Wild Bill Hickok, famous for being shot down during a poker …

Our next stop of Jewel Cave National Monument. We were almost 300 feet into the bowels of the earth. Overall we were disappointed. There was not much variety in the stalagmites, stalactites, etc. We were down there for over an hour. We did get a good cardiovascular work out with the hundreds of steps up & down. President Theodore Roosevelt …

We had an awesome day today. We drove to Wall Drug in South Dakota. We got some fresh donuts. Lisa got a cup of coffee for a nickel. Then it was off to Mount Rushmore. It was really big. We took a hike around the park to see the presidents at different angles. The monument is quite spectacular. Please see all of the great pictures. Next we went to …

We arrived in Custer, South Dakota at night and while it was raining. We ended up setting our tent up while it was raining which was an experience that we now look back and laugh about it. Black Hills Forrest was beautiful. I loved all the places we visited because they had to do in some way with architecture …

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... groceries from some friendly folks and moved on. The quiet landscape of northeastern Wyoming was still around us as we headed for Jewel Cave National Monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota. When we made it there, we managed to hit the caves at ...

Entry containing 6 photos titled: Essentially the whole area was a national forest, Jewel Cave National Monument, Dave in a deep, dark hole, A cave formation, Some nice views outside the cave, Picnicking at the cave

I left Mitchell, SD and headed for Jewel Cave National Monument.  I had about 4 1/2 hours of driving left.  I got to the cave well before the tour I had reserved at 5:20pm and was able to change it to a 4:20pm tour, which was about 30 minutes ...

We started the day by driving to Jewel Cave National Monument.  On the drive it came out that the tour we had tickets for had 723 steps.  I felt a bit of trepidation but Ben was really not too thrilled.  We had a bit of machoness about not ...

... get a good cardiovascular work out with the hundreds of steps up & down. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Jewel Cave a National Monument on February 7, 1908. The photos are fair, not my best.   Now for the last ...