I can’t complain about the weather. Although there have been some storms, many of them have been timed perfectly – I’ve either been enjoying the slashing and tearing of the heavens from the safety of my car, or while I’ve been nestled into my cozy sleeping bag, my thirteen year-old tent doing a marvellous job […]
Category: South Dakota
Adventure outside of Custer State Park – Jewel and Wind Cave
It is easy to fill your days with adventure and wonder in Custer State Park, but when you feel like you know the park well enough, venture out. West of the park is Jewel Cave National Monument and I am interested in spending some time wandering underground where it is cool and dark. I arrive […]
Adventure in the Black Hills and Custer State Park, South Dakota
I like driving as long as its not in the city: the roads in and around Custer State Park perfectly satisfy my amateur driving needs. The seventeen mile Iron Mountain Road runs from Keystone to Custer SP and is full of hairpin bends, horseshoe turns and tunnels carved through rock, which conveniently, and beautifully, frame […]
The purr of Harleys in Deadwood and Sturgis
The famous Western town of Deadwood is nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It’s famous to me because I’m a fan of Deadwood, the TV series. I imagine wooden houses, wooden boardwalks, mud and business owners who swear an awful will populate the town. Wood is no longer the building product of choice, […]