The weather here is amazing. Waking up to cool crisp air is refreshing after 15 months in Missouri. Don’t get me wrong, I love Missouri, but I would take the dry cooler air of south west South Dakota any day over the heat and humidity of southern Missouri. Although, I would take the mild Missouri… Read More Great Night in the Black Hills
While updating past posts on my blog I noticed I have quite a few posts on the Black Hills of SD area and the massive buffalo. I thought it might be nice to add some facts about the Buffalo – Bison we saw while on our trip. I immediately thought this would be a great… Read More Buffalo Facts and an Awesome Song by an Anonymous Smith Kid in 2009
I’d like to tell you about a few other places we went to in South Dakota 4 Mile Museum They had an amazing player piano in the giftshop. It played the piano and there was a drum in the bottom that played also! It was for sale. I would love to buy it. A little… Read More Great Places to go near Custer, South Dakota
We have seen a lot on the old west, Oregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, but very little on more current events. So, I was very excited when I found a Minuteman National Historic Site. During the Cold War with Russia, the U.S. began to stockpile nuclear weapons. The U.S. built missile launch sites all over the country.… Read More Minuteman Missile Site, South Dakota
Josephine loved listening to the tour guide on the phones. This is also her in the bone house. We really enjoyed the Mammoth Dig site in Hot Springs, SD. It is an active museum/fossil dig site. There used to be a sink hole with a spring in it. Male mammoths, ages 19-35 would go to… Read More The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota
After a fun time at the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota we decided to stop at a couple of reservoirs to do some kayaking. Cottonwood Reservoir was almost totally dry. We hiked and watched for rattlesnakes and mountain lions. You can barely see Shae and Cody at the top of the cliff overlooking the reservoir. There… Read More Cottonwood Reservoir and Cold Brook Reservoir near Hot springs,SD
South Dakota is wonderful. The Black Hills are beautiful. There are so many Ponderosa Pines…everywhere. The air is so clean and fresh. People are friendly there. The roads shimmer. It reminded me of South Carolina. In SC, there was shiny pieces of rock all of the ground. Brent said it was formica. Now, I know… Read More South Dakota – Random Thoughts on our Time There
I could hardly believe it! I’ve never heard of any animal having the plague! As we drove through the Badlands National Park we saw signs all over that warned people to not get out of their cars because the prairie dogs have the actual bubonic plague! We asked the ranger about it and she said that the… Read More Prairie Dogs with the Plague!
Badlands National Park, South Dakota I wasn’t sure what to expect. We have been in the Badlands of New Mexico, but thought South Dakota’s Badlands would be different, and they sure are! We all thought they were a cross between the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert, both in Arizona. It was beautiful, yet so… Read More The Badlands of South Dakota and Buffalo Gap Grasslands
The Smith family at Mt. Rushmore Mt. Rushmore – A place I had always dreamed to go. I guess it is one of those places that is so famous it just seems like everyone should see it once. So, I was telling my mom about how great it was to finally see it and she told me… Read More Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota
The Lemonade Digest 