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... parks wildlife loop road. We also wanted to check out what was going on with the buffalo that had been rounded up last week. I'll let the photos tell the story of what's happening with the buffalo.

If you should ever find yourself in this part of the country we would recommend both Custer State park and the Norbeck Byway ...

... news in all this is that we were able to pickup the local PBS station on our antennea so we were able to watch the entire Ken Burns series on the National Parks. It was fascinating and and we hope you got to watch it as well. If not I'm sure it will be on again and again!!

The forecast for the upcoming week is for a couple ...

... the difference in the pictures since this friend was actually a part of the round up.

We've also included a link to the state park and this annual event. It is definately something everyone should plan on attending at least once - it is truly a unique experience.

http://www.sdgfp.inf o/Parks/Regions/Custer/round.htm

... called “Wall” and went through the famous “Wall Drug” which gained infamy by giving free ice water to passersby to encourage them into their little town. As it is in the desert and people have just traveled a long way through dust and heat it became a success ! The couple who began it have quite a story to tell and it was all based on their faith and family. Now it is block upon block of tourist souvenirs and the ...

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I took pictures of flowers along the trail.


When we left, the guys rode down the hill on their bikes exceeding the max speed limit (25) posted. This was probably Jonathan's favorite day.

... had a little bit, she just wolfed down almost all her food, and by the way, I love you, thank you for doing what you're doing for me, say hello to sweet Jimmy) I was going to tell you where we will be driving to from here but let that be a surprise. No giveaways in this Mt Rushmore contest. See, this Rushmore town is starting to grow Rushmore on me......this message was brought to you by Rushmore Entertainment. L and J (woof, to everything that my mom said)

... omtalt i bloggen. Der er ikke så meget at fortælle om idag, da det stod på en god lang kørertur på en små 350 miles ( 560 km). Som det kan ses på billederne er det ikke stedet at gå istå. Der er meget meget ødet.

... I exited the Badlands and continued west. On the GPS, I looked for the nearest gas station in the direction I was traveling. I passed one, but was being frugal. It was $3.22/gal. I had been paying $3.09/gal and was not about to budge. So I passed it. In 20 minutes or so, I checked the GPS again. 50 something miles till the next station. "No!" I would never make it. My gas light was on. A good amount of panic struck. I was not on the I-90 anymore. I was on a lower road that ...

... dining room, and not overpriced. Very nice. That was last night. This morning we moved on to Keystone, South Dakota. I believe we will be here for two nights. On the way here today we stopped for lunch at a Pizza Hut in the town of Custer, SD. and as soon as we were seated, which took some scrambling since we were a party of seven at 1:30 in the afternoon, a big thunderstorm came up and there was pea-sized hail along with big fat drops of rain. It hadn't even looked like rain was ...

... there is do to keep yourself amused. And as soon as you enter South Dakota, there are billboards for some weird destination called "Wall Drug" every couple of miles that you can't help but wonder what and where it is. Well it was nothing more than a cheesy, western-style tourist trap, of which we couldn't help ourselves but gawk at all the "junk" tourists were willing to buy. Couple of cheesy photos later, we left to enter Badlands National Park. Now since returning to Toronto, we ...