Posted in South Dakota on Jun 24th, 2016
We spent the day exploring three sights in the Black Hills of South Dakota: Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, Crazy Horse Memorial, and Wind Cave National Park. I found driving through the Black Hills enjoyable and surprisingly picturesque (not really knowing what to expect). This is a fairly typical view: Our first stop was Mt. Rushmore. […]
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Posted in North Dakota, South Dakota on Jun 24th, 2016
We began our morning with a very short walk to get some coffee and scones for breakfast. We then headed to the entrance to the NP, about a quarter mile from the Baldands Motel. The South Unit of the park basically has a 36-mile, two-way ring road that runs through it. From there you can […]
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Posted in Montana, North Dakota on Jun 23rd, 2016
Our second night in the tent was a little tougher. Libby had a headache (so didn’t sleep too well). I lacked having as much “fire starter” on hand (so struggled to build one old school out of kindling in the early morning hours). Once I had a roaring blaze, I then managed to burn holes […]
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Posted in Montana, Wyoming on Jun 23rd, 2016
We survived well our first night in the tent, despite overnight lows in the 40s. I couldn’t really figure out how to control the temperature of the tent stove, but I managed to get a fire going before bed and again in the morning before the girls got up. Plus, the sleeping gear for us […]
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Posted in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming on Jun 21st, 2016
Note: I’ve updated this post to include a few more images now that I have better Internet access. We departed the Jackson Lake Lodge around 9am this morning after a leisurely morning of coffee, breakfast, repacking for Yellowstone. I’m using a new system of keeping the large suitcase in the car and living out of […]
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