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Tag: South Dakota

Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park

Posted on September 9, 2021April 17, 2022 by jim

Wind Cave National Park is one of those things like Devil’s Tower that’s just sat on our must-do list for many years. As…

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Black Elk Peak

Black Elk Peak

Posted on September 7, 2021March 9, 2022 by jim

Black Elk Peak – the South Dakota high point at 7.244 feet, one more high point checked off the list. We’ve done a…

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Custer State Park

Custer State Park

Posted on September 6, 2021September 17, 2021 by jim

Custer State Park was the central point for our Wyoming/South Dakota trip, since my personal big rock was climbing Black Elk Peak which…

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Wild Bill Bar

Wild Bill Bar

Posted on September 4, 2021September 12, 2021 by jim

I had visuals of Deadwood, South Dakota being full of historic Wild Wild West, but the Wild Bill Bar was the only thing…

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Spearfish South Dakota

Spearfish South Dakota

Posted on September 4, 2021September 15, 2021 by jim

Spearfish South Dakota was nowhere on our radar. And despite being an amazing chunk of canyon with towering sandstone walls, pines, and small…

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Belle Fourche South Dakota

Belle Fourche South Dakota

Posted on September 3, 2021September 10, 2021 by jim

Belle Fourche is the geographic center of the entire United States. We thought we were done with geographic centers when we visited Lebanon…

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Palisades State Park

Palisades State Park

Posted on May 22, 2021June 21, 2021 by jim

Palisades State Park is another hidden gem in the Great Plains states. Tucked away in the southeast corner of South Dakota, it is…

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Eastbound Driving

Eastbound Driving

Posted on May 20, 2021July 28, 2023 by jim

Lots of little stops that don’t warrant their own photo album. Chimney Rock, Nebraska – one of the most documented waypoints on the…

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Rushmore

Rushmore

Posted on October 13, 2013March 25, 2020 by jim

“Closed” is a state of mind, not a word that should be applied to our National Parks. If these 4 gentleman thought that…

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Badlands Bighorn

Badlands Bighorn

Posted on October 9, 2013March 25, 2020 by jim

Our companions today in the park – these bighorn sheep were enjoying the peace and solitude of the park shutdown much as we…

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Looks Closed

Looks Closed

Posted on October 9, 2013March 25, 2020 by jim

“Closed” means different things to different people I guess – Jeep people just don’t seem to get it 🙂 On the plus side,…

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Sturgis Snow

Sturgis Snow

Posted on October 9, 2013March 25, 2020 by jim

So we tried to make it to the Buffalo Chip so I could pose in my man-bikini and have Sam get me in…

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Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park

Posted on October 8, 2013July 21, 2023 by jim

We wandered through Badlands National Park just in time for the government shutdown – nice. But – shutdown doesn’t mean that the gate…

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