Snowmobiling in South Dakota
February in South Dakota should have been perfect for snowmobiling. But there wasn't much snow, and it got SO cold that all the brothers (Mike, Dan and Charlie) had windburn/frostnip on their faces. At that [...]
February in South Dakota should have been perfect for snowmobiling. But there wasn't much snow, and it got SO cold that all the brothers (Mike, Dan and Charlie) had windburn/frostnip on their faces. At that [...]
The Black Hills of South Dakota were chilly with snow flurries. Fortunately our snowmobile had heated seats, heated handlebars and heated hand holds for the back seat. It also had a built in GPS! We [...]
This is a drive-through park in Rapid City, South Dakota. If you can catch it at the right time of day, it's a delight!
While flying from Rapid City, SD to Idaho Falls, ID, we decided to put in the GPS coordinates to fly over Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Devil's Tower. It's hard to spot these with the [...]
Badlands is an otherworldly place, where dryterrain has been eroded by wind and water,creating an eerie landscape. Here aslice of road twists through the Yellow Mounds,formed when the ancient sea drained away andthe ocean mud [...]
Mike found the locals very friendly!Famous by its own admission, Wall Drug hasbillboards for hundreds of miles in everydirection, free ice water and bumper stickers.A marketing phenomenon, loyal customers havephotographed themselves all over the world [...]
Crazy Horse memorial, begun in 1948, depicts the Sioux warrior pointing with his index fingerin answer to the question, "Where are your landsnow?" Crazy Horse replied, "My lands are wheremy dead lie buried."When completed, Crazy Horse will [...]
Mt Rushmore was conceived as an ideato promote tourism to the Black Hills ofSouth Dakota. Over 90% of constructionwas done with dynamite charges applied tothe granite over 14 years (1927-1941). Look how they left a cube [...]