Keystone Lake

... before we leave the country, and our trip is seeming more real every day. Right now we are living in Summit County Colorado, near Keystone. I say near because we are living in a tent in the national forest. I guess you could say we are "squatting". It ...

... the camera always gets in trouble? Afterwards, we drove around the memorial to the back of the sculpture near Horsethief Lake. The highway was desserted, and seizing our opportunity, we grabbed my roommate and held him aloft for a great ...

... A harrowing drive on Needles highway revealed beautiful scenery and amazing narrow tunnels.   We stopped for dinner at Sylvan Lake Lodge and capped off the evening with carryout bottles from the local saloon and immersed ourselves in the pool ...

... track ... or so we thought.     It was so hot in the morning we could really do with jumping into a lake, river ... even a puddle, but unfortunately there was a severe lack of water.  The plan for the day was Mount Rushmore – ...

... it to be fun but it was magnificent and informational instead...not complaining.  Afterwards, we went into the little town of Keystone and found a tram that took us up a small mountain and then we slid down on sled-like vehicles.  It was ...

... the camera, Roger lined up alongside Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson who were carved into a huge granite rock face in Keystone, South Dakota, by Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln. Their amazing work began in 1927 and was supposed to ...

... exit of one of the tunnels. Interesting park, with some wildlife and beautiful views. The end of the road has taken us to Keystone, the nearest city to the Mountain. We park the car and explore the city, many shops, a gold mine business, helicopter ...

The whole purpose of this trip, ultimately, was to hike Harney Peak. Taking the most common route from the Sylvan Lake trailhead to the summit via trail #9 was a stunning 3 - 3.5 hike, and while weather up top was a bit chilly, the views were nigh on ...

... scrap), fell onto the electric fence and got zapped. Kota was so upset, and she's still talking about it now. We're still in Keystone tonight, but heading back to Salt Lake City tomorrow with a large amount of our 'to-do' list uncompleted.  ...

... the First Gold Casino buffet. Then we headed South from Deadwood on highway 385. We stopped along the way at a large lake, and again a bit further along to get something to drink and refill our camelbacks. Everywhere we stopped was packed with ...