Holiday Inn Express Custer

... Mountain. It sounded interesting so I set off in that direction. When I got there, however, much to my dismay, there was no horse in sight. And certainly not a crazy one. In the way that Mount Rushmore did exactly what it says on the tin, this place did nothing of the sort. But then I started reading. And watching. And it became abundantly clear that it was more impressive than it's barber shop ...

... 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 ...

... of climbing and camping equipment, and Caroline carrying Nicole and food supplies.... But still we got to the peak and back in four hours including a 45 minute sleep and eat break for Nicole and the obvious enjoy the view stop at Harney Peak. <br>You get some amazing views up there and is an absolute recommended hike if you are in South Dakota. Now I am just enjoying my ice cold coca-cola on ice.... whuuu that felt good...<br>

... tendus!<br>Pour la suite, un passage par le mont Rushmore, fidèle aux nombreuses photos qu'on a tous déjà vu; finalement pas d'un grand intérêt, et moins impressionnant qu'attendu.<br>Et pour finir la journée, une belle balade dans les forêts des Black Hills, territoires des Sioux pour qui ces montagnes étaient sacrées. Avec en toute fin de journée une rencontre magique avec un troupeau de bisons dans le parc de Custer où on a pu voir une grande partie de la faune du midwest.<br>

... We thought it was great as it was in the trees and we had a camp fire in the pit provided. The kids were keen to have a fire so they could have toasted Marshmallows again, so that's what we did. We had 2 separate storms later on in the night. The first one was what I would describe as a normal thunderstorm with a few flashes followed by the clap of thunder. About an hour after that one died down we got the really nasty one like the ones I have ...

... heights or to be hiked after a rain.' Great. Not only was it after a rain, and slick from the volcanic ash in the soil, but there was also no defined trail, railing, or path. The rocky, treacherous trail edged along the cliff, which dropped well over one hundred feet for most of the 'hike' to certain death or at the least vegetable-ism below. Moreover, about half-way, we had to climb what I will loosely define as a 'ladder ...

... experience and RVing will definitely be a part of our future, but we're looking forward to getting back to Park City for the fall. We made it to Rapid City, SD this afternoon. We didn't do much when we got in. We did drive down to a memorial site. I found out from Keith(Lytle) that one of his sisters died in a flood here in Rapid City in 1972. He hasn't seen the memorial, so we stopped and took a picture of her name.

... really nice. But the second half was killer, 4 miles up hill. We kept thinking we were to the top but I just didn't seem to end until we were back at the ranch. Layl volunteered to run the second loop with us, to cheer us on and keep us motivated. This time, instead of going the same direction we switched it around hoping to cruse down the hills that killed us before, and to get a change of scenery. But for some reason going down the big hill wasn't ...

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