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We find the Rod and Gun Campground in Spearfish Canyon, outside of the town of Spearfish. The canyon is another beautiful part of the Black Hills, even Frank Lloyd Wright was captivated by it’s “uniqueness”. The national forest campsite was spartan, but quiet with only three other campsites being occupied. Dark came early in this deep canyon, which was fine with us. It has been a day full of spectacular sights and ...
Bike Week
Bike Week starts this weekend in Sturgis, which is the next town over. There's been plenty of bikers around the Black Hills all week, but Sturgis is gearing up for the crowd with tents, trailers, motor homes, etc. selling everything you could ever want, and the bars have added seating wherever they could.
We spent a couple of days ...
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
... a back burn mark where the lightning had hit the radio antenna. The once 14" long rubber coated antenna now looked like a burned and melted piece of crayon. We had been hit by lightning!
20 minutes before it all happened, we had driven into a violent thunder and lightning storm on our way out of South Dakota. The wind and rain had been so intense that we pulled off I-90 to wait it out. Lightning ...
Gambling????
... with Wolves movie was made. It was neat thinking about the movie and trying to remember what scene was at the site.
We took pictures of the Spearfish Canyon Lodge. The President's Park, and the Homestake Gold Mine in Lean.
Last but not least we went to the Western Heritage with fantastic pictures, quilts, and all the stuffed animals (made that taxidermist rich) like Buffalo, mountain cat, turkey, fox, ...
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... as there was likely an alligator or two lurking beneath the surface.
Margaret at Falling Waters State Park, FL.
Not much water falling,
but the wooded area surrounding is quite picturesque with more magnolia trees than ...