Gold Camp Cabins Custer
11961 Pleasant Valley Rd Custer, South Dakota, 57730, United States
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Aug. 29 - 31; Jewel & Wind Caves, Mt. Rushmore
... died.
We went on a tour where you could see frostwork, popcorn, and boxwork. I liked seeing the frostwork because it looks shiny and like fragile show. The box work was really cool because it looked like a red piece of paper that is very fragile.
When we were done touring wind cave we drove into an 18 mile wildlife loop. We ...
Ride of a lifetime
... Stoped in Hill City for a coffee. Every town what we go through has the main streets blocked off for bikes only, its awesome, lots to do and see. From Hill City we traveled to the Needles, more climbing and winding through mountains and tunnels so narrow you couldn't fit two cars at once, amazing views and overlooks everywhere. This was the original planned site for Rushmore, but the Needles, but the mountains were too soft.
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Day 9 -Mount Rushmore
... that he ate all day! At 9:00 we listened to a ranger give a good history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and then there is a 20 minutes Mount Rushmore movie, which ends in a patriotic version of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ as the lights are turned on to show the faces in the darkness. Good to experience but very American. We tried to take a less winding road home, but it was still a late night.
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A 4th of July in Custer, S.D.
Before we could leave the Badlands we had to make one last trip to the Visitor's center for the last purchases: a Junior Ranger hat for Christabel, books for Elias, water bottles for the RV.
Today is July 4th so we wanted to take the kids to Custer, S.D. We were here 8 years ago for the 4th and it was so fun that we thought that the kids would like that too. I found on-line that there was to be an old-time parade and fair in the afternoon and a ...
SPAM, fried chicken and corn
... drove through Custer State Park to see the herds of bison. The males are just enormous and have massive heads with dangling beards while the babies are just cute.
We're camping in the most beautiful site between granite cliffs and watched a beautiful pink sunset while chomping on southern fried chicken. I best be off now to sit down to another night toasting marshmallows around the campfire. It's a hard life....
Lots of love,
Cath x
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