Gold Camp Cabins Custer

... the man agreed and asked Fred where we<br>were from &#8211; first time someone has asked since we've been here! (Apart from the JW girl). Fred told him and then asked him where they were from, he said Canada. I told him that he was the first person to ask us that, American's just don't ask us where we're from &#8211; he laughed and said, &#8220;They don't much ask me either!&#8221; which I thought was very funny.<br><br>Drove back to Custer, SD where we are staying in a ...

... Mammoth skeletons in the site so far and continue to dig down further each year discovering more bones. This town was called hot springs due to the natural hot springs (surprise) so we also wandered down to the stream and enjoyed the warm bubbling water.<br><br>Our next favorite thing was Wind Cave. One of the world&#8217;s longest and largest cave networks this cave is famous for its box shaped formations. This cave was discovered when a teenager ...

1/2 Rack of ribs and fries, he had the ribs and baked potato.<br><br>Russian waitress.<br><br>Will post todays pictures on next update!<br><br>Oh, on the way here, I shot (with camera) Crazy Horse Monument from roadside!<br><br><br>Next destination - TRINITY Monument - first atomic bomb explosion!<br>

... before. They are like something out of a horror movie and you feel like you've been really bad to deserve something this awful. Terrible wind and scary constant lightening, hail and more thunder. I can't tell you how much I hate these kinds of storms and it is no wonder that Zach gets anxious about them. Oddly though, while we are enduring this terrible thing the kids are so good and lie there quietly. Maybe Zach is so terrified he just freezes to his bed!

... the side of one cliff. Phil scurried up without hesitation (as any crazy person would), I slinked slowly, attached at all times, with all four limbs. The view was great, worth an aneurism? No. We continued on, with the hopes of seeing wildlife, specifically bison, which I have never seen. Along the way we stopped at several sun-drenched lookouts, and sweltering fossil trails. Finally, in the early evening, we headed out of ...

This one I'm sure you all know about. I ended up doing this on my own since there is a little bit of an uphill walk to get to the viewing area. It was very impressive and the surrounding area is really beautiful. One thing that I didn't know was even there was the amplitheatre. I haven't looked up what kind of performances they have there but I'm very curious. Maybe someone reading knows.

We packed up and said goodbye to the Lytle's this morning. We had our longest day of driving today. It took us about 7 hours to get to Mt. Rushmore. It was another beautiful drive for the most part. The 'Big Horn National Park' was full of amazing rock formations. It was pretty tight in the RV driving through the canyons. It was also very hot during the drive. This is ...

... great and then we came to the last 5 miles. Remember how I said it was a slight downhill? Not so much. From the bottom I felt like I was looking at a wall. Of course that also might have been caused by my exhaustion. It is a good thing Layl was along encouraging me or I might have just sat down in the middle of the road and cried. Jason did great, he would run ahead and then after a while run back to meet us. I think he added on an additional ...

... Cave http://www.nps.gov/jeca/index.htm , as the site says Jewel Cave at 146 miles is the second longest cave in the world. One of the things that is nice about it is that they try to keep it from becoming like many cave tourist attractions and protect the integrity of the site.<br> After my tour there it was getting on toward evening so I stopped at the Moon Camp Ground in the national forest for the night.

... area before I ran out. I would be hitting Rapid City soon so I figured I would get gas there cheaper. Gas was my major expense so I always kept close of it as I went along. <br> The Badlands National Park was my main destination for the day and at Cactus Flat I headed south and entered the northeast entrance. I stopped at the first scenic overlook by the gate and then the Big Badlands Overlook where I took the first ...