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Custer Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Custer, United States
Buffalo and Burros
So we finally make the first of our "great outdoors" stops of the trip in Custer State Park. It's a small but beautiful reserve, famous for having the largest herd of bison (buffalo) in the US - about 1,200 in all, ...
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play.....
... driving at dusk. (We've been staying at two parks in the area, the Wind Cave National Park, and just above it the Custer State Park, and both of these are teeming with wildlife.) So, getting back to last evening: We saw about 20-30 ...
Jul 22, 2010
The Buffalo Come Over the Ridge
The first sign of the buffalo being rounded up came at about 8:30 a.m., after most people (including me) had been waiting for two hours or more in the crisp autumn morning. The noise - or rather, the vibrations coming up from the ground - came before ...
Black Hills
Ah, the Black Hills! After so many miles on the road, it all seems worthwhile to see so much in the Black Hills. In fact, I regretted that I had less than two days to spend there. Wind Cave was one highlight, as were Crazy Horse and Mount ...
All In One Day! Yeah BabY!!
... ; Next, we traveled to the Black Hills and spent the entire day there. We did Needles Highway, Wilderness Loop and Custer State Park. We spent time at Mt. Rushmore and walked the loop around the monument. AWESOME AMERICA!! ...
Dinner Time and internet
1/2 Rack of ribs and fries, he had the ribs and baked potato. Russian waitress. Will post todays pictures on next update! Oh, on the way here, I shot (with camera) Crazy Horse Monument from roadside! Next destination - TRINITY Monument - first atomic ...
Wind Cave NP & Crazy Horse Memorial
Today we headed to Wind Cave National Park, about 10 miles from Custer, SD. We got there just as they were doing a tour that was called Natural Entrance Tour. It went 210 ft. below the ground. It is the 4 longest cave in the world. ...
I have found Cheyenne
... and only the face is complete, but amazing never the less. After the monumental excitement, we then drove through Custer State Park, saw deer, buffalo and .... wait for it ... donkeys. Second evening meant 'cooking' in the ...
Moose!
... munching in the marsh by the side of the road! Very exciting stuff, and we took it as a good omen. We made it to Custer, South Dakota just before dusk. Custer is about 15 miles or so from Mount Rushmore. We stayed at a nice campground that had ...
July 18: Kelso to Birch Bay, WA
Lots of traffic driving through Tacoma and Seattle. Birch Bay is a small "beach" town on the bay with wonderful views. ...
Lazy Day
By our last day in South Dakota we'd run out of things to do and see, so we relaxed the morning away swimming at Pactola Reservoir, by our cabin. The kids had a blast, as they are little fish, so this was the perfect morning for them. We returned to the ...
SW South Dakota-August 19-20
A FOOTLONG AND THE SLOTS I have failed to mention that I have never seen more casinos than there are in South Dakota. From Sioux City to Rapid City they plague the streets like McDonalds. I ask Ben, "Who goes to a casino in a strip mall?" ...
technical difficulties
... a hard time updating the blog. We will find a solution soon and catch up with all the stories and pics from the last few days. We are settled in for the next few days at Custer state park. This is a really special place. Can't wait to show off the ...
Bison! Prairie Dogs! Burros! Proghorn!
... sorry. After our two hour tour, we three were exhausted. Our legs were spaghetti. We had snacks in the car and headed over to Custer State Park. Almost immediately we came upon a little town of Prairie Dogs who were barking when we got out of the car. SO ...
Custer State Park
... to Custer say that the feel of the two parks is very similar. I’m sure that Yellowstone is still, well, Yellowstone, but Custer State Park really has a lot of charm, beauty, and wilderness to make it a great place to stay for several days. We ...
Riding the trails
... man made lakes that have swimming and fishing and some have boating facilities. We've seen licence plates from many different states, one from Saskatchewan, Manitoba as well-two from Ontario.The girls booked a 1:30 horseback riding trek for today at ...
Wind Cave and Crazy Horse
Visited Wind Cave and Crazy Horse today, and got there along some very scenic drives - the Needles Highway is particularly picturesque (I'll be exploring it in more detail tomorrow; today it's just a conveyance). Wind Cave is a pretty interesting ...
Mount Rushmore & Custer State Park
Mount Rushmore was pretty cool to visit. The size of the Memorial is bigger than expected. Custer State Park gave us our first taste of wildlife. The bison crossed the road right in front of our ...
Mt. Rushmore and a long day's drive
After stopping at Devil's Tower we drove on southeast into South Dakota and the Black Hills. Custer SD was still pretty much closed for the winter, but you could see how it would come to life, especially in August (?) when this part of the state hosts a ...
South Dakota-rama
... tips of icebergs in the night, threatening the roadways and casting ominous shadows from the headlights on the mountains in the distance. Custer State park is a little slice of what I imagine British Columbia might be like, in the middle of the flat ...
Goodbye Custer!
On the road at 7:30am!! Today will be an interesting one since we're making such a long drive during the day. Good things we have lots of snacks and a bag of activities for the kids! Aidan is already asking when we're going to be there- oh ...
Day 29
... . We get to the campground in Custer, just south of Mt. Rushmore and the campground is full....of motorcycles. In the town of Custer motorcycles are lined up and down Main Street. By now the clouds have rolled in and it's raining. Not so many motorcycles ...
The road does what?
Having seen most of the southern part of Custer State Park by Jeep Grandwagoneer, we decided to take the Needles highway and see the northern part of the park. John really enjoyed not having to drive and actually see things on the Jeep ride but now ...
A close encounter of the animal kind
... roads. I'm getting more comfortable on these but can't imagine how they'd be passable in the winter. Took the Wildlife Loop in Custer hoping to spot some Bison but no luck. Instead we came upon several greedy donkeys who were begging on the road. They ...
4 Presidents and 1 slack waitress
... 're from – he laughed and said, “They don't much ask me either!” which I thought was very funny. Drove back to Custer, SD where we are staying in a Super 8 motel, which turned out to be a pleasant surprise, as for the same price as we've ...