tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21965188274050846292024-02-07T05:40:00.213-06:00Weeds in My GardenSue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-26540715115745211622015-05-09T14:38:00.001-05:002015-05-09T14:38:05.936-05:00A Quark Update<p>Quark’s eye had healed well by December. He adjusted to having just one eye. There were times when he would make a left (left eye removed) and bang in to something.  When throwing toys we had to throw them to his right or he wouldn’t find them.</p> <p>The weekend before Christmas we decided to go to see Tommy and Grig in Tennessee.  Before we left I noticed that his right eye was watering but didn’t think too much of it.  All went well on our visit.</p> <p>Quarks’s eye was still watering and the lower lid began to look “pulpy.” So after Christmas we went to the vet.  The doc decided to treat him for allergies, which we did for a week.  The eye did not improve and we went back.  Doc gave us prednisone to try and Quark’s eye cleared up. So the doc wanted to see us. He said we should x-ray Quark to see if there were any tumors.  The X-ray was inconclusive. So we went home.</p> <p>Several hours after we arrived at home a walnut-sized lump appeared on Quark’s left shoulder.  Back to the see the doc and another exam. As it turned out he not only had that lump but enlarged lymph nodes in his neck.  The diagnosis was cancer.  We could give him chemo and reduce his quality of life or let it run it’s course—three to six months, maybe more.  He was put on a daily dose of 5 mg of prednisone to help keep the tumors in check.</p> <p>It has been nearly ten months since the diagnosis and he is still with us.  His appetite has increased dramatically due to the prednisone as did his girth.  He has slowed down significantly but still wants to play fetch a little and has enjoyed camping this summer.  We don’t know how much longer he will be with us but we are loving him as much as we can while he is here. </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xwqfaQ1p9axupiK-JL50miEkkQRMpVpkIjBy1doSOiMpSv_Nvd875SYsgGIJD4lCSMEqmkEiQT269LPDJA6aV1VDnpMulTqK8mKbTQKXI_y5unemRi3R89_qagDGs9llXEBPhWV8RrIh/s1600-h/P10505366.jpg"><img title="P1050536" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1050536" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6kSnWP4n47o/VU5iHLnmWnI/AAAAAAAAD0A/h1vO4VMuvOA/P1050536_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">This photo was taken October 3, 2014</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-59335827950664601622014-10-08T08:29:00.000-05:002014-10-08T08:29:09.181-05:00A Quark UpdateQuark’s eye had healed well by December. He adjusted to having just one eye.
There were times when he would make a left (left eye removed) and bang in to
something. When throwing toys we had to throw them to his right or he wouldn’t
find them.<br />
The weekend before Christmas we decided to go to see Tommy and Grig in
Tennessee. Before we left I noticed that his right eye was watering but didn’t
think too much of it. All went well on our visit.<br />
Quarks’s eye was still watering and the lower lid began to look “pulpy.” So
after Christmas we went to the vet. The doc decided to treat him for allergies,
which we did for a week. The eye did not improve and we went back. Doc gave us
prednisone to try and Quark’s eye cleared up. So the doc wanted to see us. He
said we should x-ray Quark to see if there were any tumors. The X-ray was
inconclusive. So we went home.<br />
Several hours after we arrived at home a walnut-sized lump appeared on
Quark’s left shoulder. Back to the see the doc and another exam. As it turned
out he not only had that lump but enlarged lymph nodes in his neck. The
diagnosis was cancer. We could give him chemo and reduce his quality of life or
let it run it’s course—three to six months, maybe more. He was put on a daily
dose of 5 mg of prednisone to help keep the tumors in check.<br />
It has been nearly ten months since the diagnosis and he is still with
us. His appetite has increased dramatically due to the prednisone as did his
girth. He has slowed down significantly but still wants to play fetch a little
and has enjoyed camping this summer. We don’t know how much longer he will be
with us but we are loving him as much as we can while he is here.<br />
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Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-58347169108316140722013-10-06T13:04:00.001-05:002013-10-06T13:05:37.888-05:00Trip Cut Short<p>Our intentions were to meet up with our camping buddies on Tuesday, September 17 at Grant River COE Campground in Potosi, WI, however that was not to be.</p> <p>We parted ways with Jim and Sherry in Mitchell, SD and planned to take two days to get to Potosi, our planned stop was Welcome, MN.  All was going according to plan. We stopped at a Walmart to stock up on supplies to get us through Sunday and while there I picked up some different treats for the dogs.</p> <p>After arriving at the campground in Welcome, I stripped the bed, gave the dogs treats and had just stepped out of the trailer with the bedding when I heard a horrible cry from inside.  When I got back in Harley was on top of Quark.  I  didn’t understand what was happening as they would often play in that manner. Then I saw that Quark’s eye was closed.  </p> <p>As he wouldn’t let us get a look at the eye and it was late in the day we didn’t get him to a vet until the following morning.  As it turned out that probably would not have an affect on the end result.  The following morning after several attempt we found a local vet that could take us.  (Apparently Tuesday mornings are set aside for surgery in the vet world.)  This vet was 20 miles west in Jackson, MN so armed with our trusty GPS packed up the trailer and took off.  We made it to Jackson just fine however,  there was a street and drive of the same name and as luck would have it we went to the wrong one.  The vet kindly stayed on the phone and directed us back to his office.  </p> <p>He put some numbing drops into his eye and examined it.  He said the injury was beyond his scope of expertise and that the best thing would be to get him to an animal opthamologist.  He suggested either Des Moines or Minneapolis.  We suggested UW Veterinary School so if he needed follow-up it was close to home.  The found us the phone number, he put some antibiotic drops in his eye and we took off.  </p> <p>For almost eight hours 418 miles, our brave boy rode in his car seat without making a peep.  Once in Madison, we had to drag the trailer through campus.  It was not easy with all the one way streets, students-on bikes and mopeds and walking with earphones in their ears, not paying attention where they are going.  Then we were very close and couldn’t find it and had to call and be guided to the clinic.  (The GPS worked this time but when you are dragging a trailer, you want to make sure you are going the right way.) Finally we got to the trailer parking area. Yeah.  </p> <p>After a brief wait the too us and a student took down all the info then we had to wait for the doctor but she was not the eye doctor.  They had to call the eye doctor then she looked a him.  She said the cornea was ulcerated and there was some infection.  Two options were presented to us 1) take him home and treat him ourselves hourly and bring him back on Wednesday. However, we would not be able to tell if the cornea deteriorated or not, or 2) leave him overnight and let them treat him hourly and monitor the eye.  We chose option 2 and went home.</p> <p>The following morning we connected with the doctor and got the bad news that the ulcerated cornea progressed into a rupture and we could either spend thousands of dollars on surgery to repair the hole for an uncertain result or have the eye removed.  They said they could do it for $1,200 to $1,500 or if our vet felt comfortable doing it, we could have him do it for a third of the cost.  The called our vet and told him what was going on and he said he could do it but as it was almost noon on Wednesday and he had Wednesday afternoons off he would do it on Thursday morning.  We were given 12-days worth of antibiotics and two kinds of pain killers and took Quark home. </p> <p>Quark had his surgery on Thursday and came come the same day.  Again he was very stoic. The worst thing for him seemed to be the darn cone.  We had to cut it down by 1.5” as he couldn’t reach the food or water bowls.  He would get snagged going down and coming up the two stairs on the deck.  Then he would go under the deck and we would hear the cone scraping either on the stones below or the underside of the deck.  We breathed a sigh of relief after he emerged without getting stuck.  We took the cone off the following Wednesday and his stitches were removed the Saturday after that.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RYeLGt1Yb6Y/UlGmHP2mq2I/AAAAAAAADxY/gmnVRYrvDtk/s1600-h/P1050336%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1050336" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1050336" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ga2mpQHu7q8/UlGmIXLzuRI/AAAAAAAADxg/9YZPLn1bpFM/P1050336_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCurECY7yl5pyJFTvYPyekTmJ1srsrjSI2Tl94fl6hthrBsviOGhlDq-ragkyzGQ3hvUBcbH0Stl_WDIxTOwL7xKN2Tm2pfc2vVGQMzBvD0n6Dd7wOrGKOh7dmWH4EBvLOmdLdQMcfIXq/s1600-h/P1050340%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1050340" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1050340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_Msl42k2SxIKLFaUU8EFtqKUj4BH05ns__pA1L6lcLW7c-bj09lyXJEpTlE6ClWTpkUaU-KfPZQvUZbA5Lb_bsB6uyGMZqnks2A4MYmVAuCtI6w8xYXnxws0A7MNpht90Tlt7KQRiHYp/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>Quarkie seems to be getting along okay, however, when he makes a quick left turn he sometimes bumps into things.  He has been running around both inside the house and out. He has gained weight, though, due to having peanut butter with his antibiotic twice a day, his pain pills crushed up into canned dog food and all the sympathy treats he has been getting.</p> <p> It was a rough time.  A lot of tears.</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-34414126564736967092013-10-02T06:41:00.001-05:002013-10-02T06:43:17.866-05:00Black Hills Trip Stats<p>Our trip began on August 28, 2013 at the Illinois Samboree in Henry, IL. Our trip concluded when we returned home after dropping Quark off at the UW Veterinary Clinic for treatment of an eye injury on September 17.</p> <ul> <li>Trip duration—21 days</li> <li>Miles traveled with our truck —2725*</li> <li>Gallons of gas used—253.7</li> <li>Cost of gas—$897.86</li> <li>Cheapest gas—$3.29</li> <li>Most expensive gas—$3.89</li> <li>Average price per gallon—$3.61</li> <li>Average MPG—10.7</li> <li>Camp fees—$383.57</li> <li>Total expenses (gas, admissions, food, misc.)—$1895.01</li> <li>Average expenses per day $90.24</li> </ul> <p>*After we arrived at our destination and parked the RVs, we alternated days driving to points of interest.  I do not have the miles Jim and Sherry put on their car.</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-9536883831956501302013-09-16T21:09:00.001-05:002013-09-16T21:09:41.502-05:00Mitchell, SD<p>“The Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village is the only archaeological site in South Dakota that is open to the public. The Village is an active research center and is a National Historic Landmark. Visitors to the site can see the many artifacts that have been excavated during the annual digs and they can tour the dig site itself in the comfort of the Thomsen Center Archeodome.”</p> <p><a title="http://www.mitchellindianvillage.org/" href="http://www.mitchellindianvillage.org/">http://www.mitchellindianvillage.org/</a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4xLpOswnJDQ/Uje5pXnEKVI/AAAAAAAADvQ/31w3SOrn1tc/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1104%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1104" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1104" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Zp1WmrSHmgo/Uje5qbI9sWI/AAAAAAAADvY/R_LPXkgZYG0/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1104_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4hLzuNfONws/Uje5r9w7oEI/AAAAAAAADvg/fgRCAqttZHk/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1106%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1106" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1106" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DJOKL6Msa6Y/Uje5s9XX7II/AAAAAAAADvo/2TYFkOlSrFw/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1106_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" height="307" /></a></p> <p>The above two pictures are of the reconstruction of a Mandan longhouse. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JN9KiKrRIyM/Uje5uZy69iI/AAAAAAAADvw/9lXrc1Zh5OU/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1107%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1107" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1107" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iLrTa_0taDY/Uje5voQuaxI/AAAAAAAADv4/9or-Y9GSdvI/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1107_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="413" height="316" /></a></p> <p>The archelogical dig is located in this archeodome. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ayVNheXfJSI/Uje5xP9bM-I/AAAAAAAADwA/s5Mss_nX8LA/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1108%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1108" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1108" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gaZNmUsom0g/Uje5ygOZ3kI/AAAAAAAADwI/6jQU_T144eg/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1108_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="315" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wagc0jaLouU/Uje50ltYGYI/AAAAAAAADwQ/zk1xDTWfcqw/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1113%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1113" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1113" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_rFPhrl6IJU/Uje51kmaH-I/AAAAAAAADwY/lIC39QYz3l0/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1113_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="412" height="315" /></a></p> <p>Tom and Jim at the Corn Palace.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QNMX6MKT1Us/Uje53XmwB_I/AAAAAAAADwg/cM9yIjZ7ceY/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1128%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1128" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 15_Mitchell SD_1128" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DxMbS9wDOiU/Uje54gvpJQI/AAAAAAAADwo/YCQgfWlCewg/2013%252520Sep%25252015_Mitchell%252520SD_1128_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="410" height="314" /></a></p> <p>The following morning Jim and Sherry and Tom and I went our separate ways.  Jim and Sherry had to return home early due to family obligations.  Tom and I are continuing to Potosi, WI, to meet up with our camping group for our monthly meeting.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bb596433-cc5c-4c76-9e7a-fab0614be7db" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Mitchell+Prehistoric+Indian+Village" rel="tag">Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Corn+Palace" rel="tag">Corn Palace</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Mitchell" rel="tag">Mitchell</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/South+Dakota" rel="tag">South Dakota</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-4443627158268415322013-09-16T20:46:00.001-05:002013-09-16T20:46:39.672-05:00The Badlands<p>We departed Steel Wheel RV Park heading down, down, down to Deadwood and up, up, up to I-90 at Sturgis.  Never did go to Sturgis, oh well. Next stop Wall Drug about 82 miles east. </p> <p>Wall is now a destination rather than a stop.  There is at least a three-block area will all types of shops and museums.  We ate at Wall Drug and Tom was the only one to try a buffalo burger.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yEMUn_cAByE/UjesJCcLh0I/AAAAAAAADo8/ScLlyuZ40Pk/s1600-h/Wall%252520DS%252520map%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="Wall DS map" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Wall DS map" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CVKYmSYHjhw/UjesKZu7rOI/AAAAAAAADpE/AHjS8jhzwyM/Wall%252520DS%252520map_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" height="384" /></a></p> <p align="center">Map of the Wall Drug Complex</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6CaELA7cFxzQBrrLxMl-iDU9slzBlXF_liLeD3e3forVX1aqUCjbp1y9xxQTpOcaoIHlW6j9HlVl5VOj_v99XsRuu_9NLms-wVciMOn3qpJJxP8xG9ZWBsJnWiUhZocepr4Mtuat2a-5/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1068%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1068" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1068" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M02sywWejfk/UjesMxJGRtI/AAAAAAAADpU/MqBbi9oXgPw/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1068_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim cozying up for a photo op.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2BkHumoyRvY/UjesOeT32GI/AAAAAAAADpc/4nffYnwfWVY/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1071%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1071" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1071" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jGAaVUOpYBw/UjesPUGn2_I/AAAAAAAADpk/RoQoFmnS2eQ/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1071_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Inside Wall Drug</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TCuJXN2CH4k/UjesQn8OoxI/AAAAAAAADps/W6ut1OFVLXU/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1074%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1074" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1074" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W-e4ghVoLng/UjesRfXNFNI/AAAAAAAADp0/9Pdqekd612o/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1074_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Animatronic tyrannosaurus.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_nmAeIJXDrs/UjesS52W7YI/AAAAAAAADp4/53edn098pCM/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1075%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1075" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1075" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNffvtCNApevlf0B-n15sSI0KkqprGG7ZYhiv5iJXaX7rHJ5YJWGQztmWkoxUCtrME69mad7jAZm51vs4QUi-X5XaQuJK8RMcM1cejHAjSdoDPH0g770JxFm1ioG91FIlQNCF4wHDHNstK/?imgmax=800" width="407" height="312" /></a></p> <p>In a weak moment we were talked into posing on this Jackalope</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANDdeZ5HfTKaC4C5VJGOCh_WGuNRAAhDF8nF4jB1HEZFURT4JEcpSLLXVVdYIAtdcWo6KD-3Bn8-lLtQBWV5zeSCf8Gn5cE_I5ro2Jpj5HD2diM2RhH_2jsV-yk66Uvg5mMnWqSxz-3TH/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1077%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1077" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1077" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ggthF_jlofY/UjesXjfwtwI/AAAAAAAADqU/aFzOr9bkFxM/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1077_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Tom was not interested in this lovely lady.</p> <p align="center">Wounded Knee Museum</p> <p align="left">In December of 1890, American soldiers massacred 90 unarmed Lakota men and 200 women and children using something similar to a Hotchkiss gun much like a Gatling gun. If that was not appalling enough, the government handed out at least 20 Medals Of Honor to Soldiers. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YPvquNUUxf0/UjesZtOJy6I/AAAAAAAADqc/1PiolL31iT4/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1084%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1084" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1084" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-382h43IqqJs/UjesahksjXI/AAAAAAAADqk/H1wThO21lK8/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1084_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="308" /></a></p> <p align="center">One of the many first-hand accounts of the massacre on display in the museum</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iXmTpXwEG_I/UjescBWkN2I/AAAAAAAADqs/0TyE5gGn1w4/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1085%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1085" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1085" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--B47mJcZhhI/UjesczvJSYI/AAAAAAAADq0/-2xhyY6ca9g/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1085_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="center">Sherry is afraid of snakes.  We thought it would be fun to have her pose by this sign.  Did not see any snakes at all.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y9OnevEdjzM/UjeseWoouPI/AAAAAAAADq8/zAw3-qubCbg/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1099%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1099" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 13_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1099" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Oii9txb4Nm4/UjesfcvDsnI/AAAAAAAADrE/1Sj7Rqt5UYU/2013%252520Sep%25252013_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1099_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" height="307" /></a></p> <p align="center">A herd of Bighorn Sheep</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C4J5-6975Jw/UjeshXaOdII/AAAAAAAADrM/hPvZnuRA-Lg/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1004%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1004" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Yr5VCyhoOVM/UjesiJSymPI/AAAAAAAADrU/tdGUmhoFWoo/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1004_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Discovered this big guy close by the road.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-14JZLZoOxcg/Ujeskn4p0aI/AAAAAAAADrc/kOO0PPetLRY/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0910%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0910" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0910" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5Bdn7QgQeI8/UjetxC93QrI/AAAAAAAADro/T__e6Uvz0Bo/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0910_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dVXPjwvkRi0/Ujet0IMpgrI/AAAAAAAADrw/Na3XBZaCDVw/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0932%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0932" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0932" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_0iFDYcIsPc/Ujet1Ca7OiI/AAAAAAAADr4/3f8opsQHheg/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0932_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="313" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jQQnpbJyJ30/Ujet2-yjy7I/AAAAAAAADsA/8GXv3oyVgYM/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0939%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0939" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0939" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BK_hts2aH8M/Ujet4Gb0icI/AAAAAAAADsI/VD2TYY3KCOU/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0939_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="405" height="314" /></a></p> <p>We went to the Ranch Store on Hwy 240 where you can feed the prairie dogs peanuts.  We all had a good time.</p> <p align="center">Prairie Homestead, Cactus Flats, SD</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fhRUORBfjMw/Ujet5WZ2RTI/AAAAAAAADsQ/MS5I-4t1KBE/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0963%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0963" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0963" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4iOYc4i9Ff0/Ujet6UQWZ6I/AAAAAAAADsY/rOwVxAYKrIQ/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0963_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="560" /></a></p> <p align="center">Sometimes you do goofy on vacation.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ina-1NfgvoM/Ujet8sJ9u1I/AAAAAAAADsg/RIrPCG6CWTU/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0972%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0972" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0972" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorgb_CvxXrFG6_sZGqJpJSb5LBbZY65NCWiQXwCw4ZTANA6kuwbdru4MXQWreTIZDgV7scapD6ATHT-oVGWHO5n0no9c8zRquOZLCnAXISHqSpJNFn6tSqyGJLrrFVoe8nWk5VXtnw8ns/?imgmax=800" width="410" height="314" /></a></p> <p align="center">White prairie dogs at Prairie Homestead</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o6p9O27cfvM/Ujet_f0Kx2I/AAAAAAAADsw/_egYKAI4EbA/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0973%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0973" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0973" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2z1OCYq3ago/UjeuAuLrMaI/AAAAAAAADs4/tlI9F3mFwBA/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0973_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="318" /></a></p> <p align="center">Inside a soddie</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yhlLugGo-4U/UjeuCFs7ZxI/AAAAAAAADtA/TNASJ16O-qM/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0979%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0979" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0979" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7GSRyrl686E/Uje0JYsj_GI/AAAAAAAADtQ/Irb73ReXiFE/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0979_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="418" height="571" /></a></p> <p align="center">I hope this guy has his Sears Roebuck Catalog</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7dbGwSCgWQQ/Uje0MqtWpfI/AAAAAAAADtY/MUkQpfjVOy0/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0984%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0984" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0984" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7QjEAKAnGb0/Uje0NlZNTmI/AAAAAAAADtg/T85MeVwNQtU/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0984_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" height="322" /></a></p> <p align="center">Badlands</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ff378VdxUQM/Uje0QR7GD1I/AAAAAAAADto/hYe9GDcCZV8/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_0997%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0997" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_0997" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK07Cp08uS1L5eWTpTquTsnq2sMIruyyTJaE6SbgiqsJaw4XpV7QxjCwfQD1Xrxh3X5-hwm1Phq-Bj8xvdgz6mB2-mA_n6ky3QI3Zy2Uiab9Fc85by-_9udERlRxBioAw08usa-4O3mUX/?imgmax=800" width="418" height="320" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y9p6Re1ngLk/Uje0TLG5-jI/AAAAAAAADt4/NogxOVLC0Vg/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1012%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1012" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nNLGgloNogk/Uje0UA8llTI/AAAAAAAADuA/ZUfEgJMu-3k/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1012_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="322" /></a></p> <p align="center">Our Badlands campground</p> <p align="left">We called to make reservations and when we arrived 94 year-old, Jesse greeted us and ushered us to our sites. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xyg4CqGB8pQ/Uje0VhEhCBI/AAAAAAAADuI/mHJkyOfB9XQ/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1015%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1015" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1015" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aHWE7BulhGU/Uje0WgfISkI/AAAAAAAADuQ/m1JYSBc6jgw/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1015_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" height="324" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vj-tdNrg4RM/Uje0Y4ceyTI/AAAAAAAADuY/VZIaJU6Z8wc/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1013%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1013" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1013" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6_mswDv5tO8/Uje0Z4QAv_I/AAAAAAAADug/_se9naCAlgc/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1013_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" height="324" /></a></p> <p align="center">We are rock-hounding on designated forest service land.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvGO0T0yxMJt67y6mf852ZqRFq5VJdaskQ0NnWLDhgsTJhEO1_5Dx9XgCCIZoIrGvYb4Jpdk4zwaiJoV0P1QXA9Jlq8qHXFI9G98dxq3gJZBf7xAcC3KGjueMh78Myti_niRTZuv9T3Mf/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1017%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1017" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1017" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l8L6bj4DEuk/Uje0caTqNuI/AAAAAAAADuw/R6WfYQ-RFIA/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1017_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="321" /></a></p> <p align="center">We each have a sack of rocks.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bbXvK41jZ7g/Uje0d4LbphI/AAAAAAAADu4/ttQvkcZ96Ck/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252014_Badlands%252520NP%252520and%252520Wall%252520Drug_1039%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1039" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 14_Badlands NP and Wall Drug_1039" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOGTTRb4kJ2cyObHOhFGsT3zzHjUidAhEFlNbdmE6YmqlytVQ6arG-ht06jLNxlLXumk9SdHzlx2TedbN15oEfcvcnM_nMb-mr-XPHv6NSdQUX9PXfQgz-Gc4o05kVjs0ngKeYqQGWOta/?imgmax=800" width="419" height="321" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim climbed up this mound to take a picture. It was actually pretty difficult to get town without taking a tumble.</p> <p> </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:03377fde-d56f-4cae-9243-d2e7d928b247" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Badlands" rel="tag">Badlands</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/South+Dakota" rel="tag">South Dakota</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Prairie+Homestead" rel="tag">Prairie Homestead</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/The+Ranch+Store" rel="tag">The Ranch Store</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/feeding+prairie+dogs" rel="tag">feeding prairie dogs</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Wall+Drug" rel="tag">Wall Drug</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Wounded+Knee" rel="tag">Wounded Knee</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-59454767286047469702013-09-12T21:08:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:45:24.901-05:00Deadwood Area Day 3<p>We visited two museums today.  The first one was Deadwood’s Adams Museum.  In 1930, Pioneer businessman E.W. Adams founded the Adams Museum. This is a wonderful museum which houses a variety of local history including relics from the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok (below), Plains Indian life, the history of Deadwood floods and fires, Deadwood’s legends and outlaws and notorious businesses. Literally everything is labeled, making the self guided visit a pleasure. A suggested donation of $5 is optional but well worth it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DZY7TpeyF6A/UjOjPU8KizI/AAAAAAAADlk/9iffOchCN9w/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B26%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0835" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0835" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-krunDNFix50/UjOjQNUbqNI/AAAAAAAADlo/yKh7CNdfC1A/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B37%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="407" height="278" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bfdErSB3EJE/UjOjQ2oYOgI/AAAAAAAADl0/MxxeWMxzw-g/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B34%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0838" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0838" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Lx2TqFprkGE/UjOjRhEHqCI/AAAAAAAADl8/4vrryQfUzWM/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B19%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a></p> <p>Wild Bill Hickok’s grave with dignitaries including Buffalo Bill Cody 3rd from the left.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eKUIjm80zkM/UjOjSWdsIGI/AAAAAAAADmE/f0kfi9Sk9QM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B23%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0841" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0841" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b3SkkC4v3wk/UjOjS2okovI/AAAAAAAADmM/o8as2GLV12U/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B32%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="551" /></a></p> <p align="center">a pencil sketch of Wild Bill Hickok.</p> <p align="left">Visited the High Plains Western Heritage Museum in Spearfish.  It was the brainchild of two ranchers who were fearful that when their generation passed the history of the area would be lost.  The museum exhibits represent the states of Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. Western artifacts, Western art, cowboys, rodeo, cattle roundup, family life and various modes of transportation. The collection is large in both number of items and the size of some of the items.</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0t9DWaKmE2Y/UjOjT_QLZKI/AAAAAAAADmU/Nz1jd_Piqxk/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B28%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0846" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0846" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eKMJ2WEyT5k/UjOjUlhpQlI/AAAAAAAADmc/n1XfW7R9w0U/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B33%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-u7AgUNS2op4/UjOjVr38RVI/AAAAAAAADmk/se_3zoXedIQ/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0847" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0847" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RfHveS3LpXk/UjOjWbS8FpI/AAAAAAAADms/YwhAyX4MCrE/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">The museum actually had a photo of these cattle when alive.  They are interesting colors. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-elA5oFm72NI/UjOjXGebW5I/AAAAAAAADm0/ioat7Gz0MP0/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0848" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0848" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eJXA_ntlmkg/UjOjX10FeQI/AAAAAAAADm8/LZd1M-5y1mI/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B31%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="547" /></a></p> <p align="center">This saddle was designed by Tom Selleck.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ai5u8Xab9_A/UjOjYwznQaI/AAAAAAAADnE/7bDa_mQB34g/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B22%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0849" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0849" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MmqV1LENLYY/UjOjZnZgW_I/AAAAAAAADnM/CZi-LgC1LA4/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" height="529" /></a></p> <p align="center">This beautiful horse hair bridle was won in a poker game around 1900</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ixgCorTLFVB2tR9QT9ujZKD-WWmSOerPadirZvzXbAgw0Ky8q-gWgU7RpxR1hyphenhyphenKTz_vcpbrBdS_Yela2YGt25B5dpcbbAQESG4aGPewhbqKeDex7i0Qoi_TtChLWgEAVUqtC22AmsbUe/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0850" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0850" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2f4vVj2DfMw/UjOjbcX9DzI/AAAAAAAADnc/8Xo4qzhmRCI/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="317" /></a></p> <p align="center">Cowboy Statue</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WV_JpzDyP2E/UjOjcS-zg2I/AAAAAAAADnk/EKiQECahoVo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0853" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0853" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TYxe_ImiVWQ/UjOjc2BSnXI/AAAAAAAADns/A27FU32JIcs/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="319" /></a></p> <p align="center">Native American Artifacts</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2bmdkZ9zfc4/UjOjeEd_PoI/AAAAAAAADn0/gIrsvN1fG6c/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B24%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0855" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnFc8TKUCOy1AO2VQOs-VrjNiZpdx8u_0ku7aMlyDXfgUcJUyMb835WDjz010Nzwdn3uuSP-PV0JNWrmBtK8VENyWwveOxKB6XrgESM_UDckyLNT0oczj2lXzno5rrMK6E-WCf64YvuP4/?imgmax=800" width="408" height="317" /></a></p> <p align="center">Chuck Wagon</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Cyp3qDGWo1k/UjOjfQ7HxVI/AAAAAAAADoE/ryvmVFHSDeI/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B27%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0859" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0859" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3YjIqq-cOPg/UjOjgEDXRsI/AAAAAAAADoM/MH1rn9CeQZ4/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="676" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UHMJs5a4Lzc/UjOjiuk_cGI/AAAAAAAADoU/0h3N8W5HYcw/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0860" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0860" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DSU2skCuUhU/UjOjjXwN8BI/AAAAAAAADoc/H0jdHk5olXw/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="512" /></a></p> <p align="center">I remember the story of Comanche from when I was a kid.  He was the sole survivor of Custer’s command.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdR3-UIj1gpjz3_zhEP801w0vAXcc-MvTHiFzeC8-Lj_PAOiBvHGabg56Hb4JAstnwSER75p84Vg_Y6nhm3ji_jaG7PKWuWTrAwoRChRS2t1E0JCpy_6QLFB-4YUkYa3qixUi8lFOjt4_/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B38%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0862" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Adams and Western Heritage Museum Deadwood-Spearfish_0862" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5DeL6UtMWtw/UjOjk1iddPI/AAAAAAAADos/YSvRLhvk1i8/2013-Sep-12_Adams-and-Western-Herita%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Barrel Cradle</p> <p align="left">Yesterday we found a place called Philly Ted’s Cheesesteak for lunch in Spearfish and had to go again today.  Went to the Silverado in Deadwood for buffet supper.  Nothing to write home about.  Oops, I guess I am doing that.  We were told to park in the Wells Fargo Bank parking lot, take a ticket then have it validated.  Well there were no instructions at the parking lot. I wish I would have thought to get a picture of the sophisticated fee collection system.  Tom went back to the lot after the doorman told him about the ticket/validation.  He looked all over for a “ticket booth.”  Tom went all the way around the bank and when I didn’t see him coming back, I went to find him. When I didn’t come back Sherry came after me. </p> <p align="left">There was no booth, just a metal box about 2’ x 2’ with slots in it and Post-it Notes stuck under each slot.  We would still be there trying to figure it out if a local hadn’t showed up to give us the low-down.  You take a Post-it note, it is cut about 3/4 the way up, each side as the same number.  You then shove your $5 into the slot which is about 1/4 x 1 1/4,” then you take a special tool that is hanging on a chain to shove the money into the slot. Then you tear the Post-it apart and put one part on the dash of your vehicle and take the other into the Silverado for validation.  What we got for our $5 were four strips of coupons, one of which was for $1 off the buffet and with ID we got a Senior Players Card loaded with $5 each.  Sherry didn’t bring her ID so she couldn’t get one.  Well after dinner we played our cards and Tom won $1.25, Sherry won $2.50 and I won 8.25. So when all was said and done we came out $11 ahead. </p> <p align="left"></p> <p align="left">  </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7a344f98-fc92-4b7d-a765-4022f0738277" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Deadwood" rel="tag">Deadwood</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Adams+Museum" rel="tag">Adams Museum</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/High+Plains+Western+Heritage+Center" rel="tag">High Plains Western Heritage Center</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Spearfish" rel="tag">Spearfish</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Comanche+7th+Calvary" rel="tag">Comanche 7th Calvary</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Silverado-Franklin+Hotel+and+Gaming+Complex" rel="tag">Silverado-Franklin Hotel and Gaming Complex</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-62722494481689034542013-09-11T06:59:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:42:58.388-05:00Deadwood Area Day 2<p>Our first stop this morning was Lead (pronounced leed, which is a mining term) and the Homestake Mine only to find that tours were cancelled due to repairs on something or another.  We did get to view a video and the open pit mine behind the visitor’s center.  The mine operated for 126 years, closing in 2002, due to falling gold prices. There is still gold in the mine but operating costs surpassed income generated by the gold produced.  Homestake Mine provided a good living for the workers, company sponsored health care and many other benefits for the town.</p> <p>The open cut portion of the mine is 1,200 feet, however the underground portion extends to more than 8,000 feet.  A system of shafts and drifts that extend under the town.  </p> <p>Demolition of buildings and cleanup of the site is expected to take several more years.  Part of the mine is currently houses the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at the 4,000 foot level.  Pumps are constantly removing water below that level as the water table is near the surface.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-04d49rd4gF8/UjOilQPJrXI/AAAAAAAADh0/YY7Wyzs3G4Y/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B23%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0759" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0759" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xn9A-ZvD0hM/UjOimMLhCnI/AAAAAAAADh8/fPLJz7rlqbg/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B27%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="311" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_FZ5n6hwTqU/UjOim8vNMJI/AAAAAAAADiE/gDCRyZEhXcM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B39%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0758" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0758" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lrxZ7RNIniU/UjOinfVMhCI/AAAAAAAADiM/yamtAfe74Y8/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" height="304" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b50_0hLBZZOfbFnt1B08KNXTffIhpDNy7ngafCqyr8u7MwV-D_sXsa3oXaSV9Ai0D6WE0-j27iCj7aReCpLVtP7SOveBtUw-n_6cBv23nFbloBOxpLeaSO4mMshoTAPhOwywCvl-Hvy9/s1600-h/Homestake-Mine-pano9.jpg"><img title="Homestake Mine pano" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Homestake Mine pano" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0x1x33jDGvw/UjOio2ooh1I/AAAAAAAADic/9LYcrI5KPvA/Homestake-Mine-pano_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="160" /></a></p> <p>We went down the road a couple of miles to the Black Hills Mining Museum.  This is another wonderful museum.  The well-informed tour guide takes you down to basement level to a simulation of the Homestake Mine.  The tour takes you from the earliest years to the close of the mine, describing mining methods through the years.  The museum was made possible by the Homestake Mine Co. </p> <p>There is a nice museum above ground, with mining and local history.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uqsjZwtu9ZU/UjOiqL8khZI/AAAAAAAADik/eJzGji38UQo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0765" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0765" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-WrqpQVyWnxxxDZqpbvJs84Nh9TM0jbbmSzJhDYXitLgSjiIb3TljnENnk67CpVX2f0r_tegqbu9CQnpqic7tQKR8BvF8__NXMigMzmEtrQZdqz18k9znXLGob4MB0ojTqpnm7ofbIae/?imgmax=800" width="400" height="334" /></a></p> <p align="center">1904 Homestake Mine Employees</p> <p align="left">We next took an excursion over the border into Wyoming to see the Vore Buffalo Jump.  As with many of the places and things we wanted to see it was closed after Labor Day but they did leave the gate open so you could take a self-guided tour. </p> <p align="left">The site was discovered in the 1970s during the construction of I-90.  This is where buffalo were driven into a sinkhole by Native Peoples and butchered for meat, hide, bones, sinew, etc. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-c54pOpnrU70/UjOisLjelUI/AAAAAAAADi0/bah_8GJnZDs/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B21%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0769" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0769" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JpWTVlfc49g/UjOis3rhbyI/AAAAAAAADi8/1CFcyIO69DM/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B26%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="284" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-va8DIq1ZYV4/UjOit9h_7_I/AAAAAAAADjE/NnhE2QR3gRg/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B41%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0776" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0776" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KUIEDwyyYBE/UjOiucKWnrI/AAAAAAAADjM/25ud2hSMt74/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="292" /></a></p> <p>This is a photo of a sign depicting the buffalo falling into the pit.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pyJ4SO1VASc/UjOivXq7vrI/AAAAAAAADjU/9rIGYddCqwc/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0779" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0779" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoXSJXQAkZZ2epNnph9BLpuOYLtxCHLpC-mDGxSNXxCy2l_c27y1sLLKn8aypmPMXSN9n6CDQJYLiycpMPxu9aKl5U-CgO5q5qzAXMFDbRw1NW_zjy8Vhghxt2VynzS1_Ak4Ch8ts5zXn/?imgmax=800" width="399" height="306" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here is a view from the bottom of the pit.  University students intern here during the summer months.  The building protects the dig site.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-z9A_uWfAfbY/UjOiw31Z_uI/AAAAAAAADjk/jTlyCm_aQ3k/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B25%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0780" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0780" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9LKsg4eESds/UjOixowbzsI/AAAAAAAADjs/kEEHtsJ4E_s/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B37%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="308" /></a></p> <p align="center">The large teepee on the left appears to be a visitor center.  It is not made of canvas rather wood covered by roofing membrane to resemble a teepee.  The teepee on the right covers a “sandbox with arrow points you can dig with the trowels provided and keep for $1.  I’m sure these are modern versions of artifacts not the real thing.</p> <p align="left">We took Hwy 14A, the 19 mile Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway, back to Deadwood.  Spearfish Creek parallels the road and there are pullouts that allow you to access the creek or the waterfalls along the way.  The cold water comes from springs.  Spearfish Creek disappears to the north in Spearfish.  Some water is diverted for domestic use and the remainder finds its way into sinkholes created from dissolving gypsum in the ground.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GuidQpFaOcE/UjOiy8FvzqI/AAAAAAAADj0/Iaz0LR_28-s/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B20%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0790" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0790" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zf8GOXuoolA/UjOizgwmCEI/AAAAAAAADj8/ni7ic6oYZEA/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B22%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="311" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e4OdaPlqFPI/UjOi1I-01II/AAAAAAAADkE/MNGTipol6B8/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B29%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0797" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VbN14vbVyjLMvbY2uun97xFS1FeshMlq7HNtdJ1rSwtC1RM5MA9QZVfVkPuXw0-Bgv5EJuYWYumw3VboNcb8VJmveNrn-DLIZwiOSh1-cc53XbBzGbw0_JpzCquXA9BAt4ZgbAEeHJEt/?imgmax=800" width="398" height="309" /></a>Bridal Veil Falls</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QmGalsod_-Y/UjOi3eRK_LI/AAAAAAAADkU/1f_3G48p09E/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0802" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0802" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-N57eilX0X5s/UjOi36RM4AI/AAAAAAAADkc/CgfPNknAt4M/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B30%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="307" /></a></p> <p align="center">Fly fisherman fishing for trout.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AXcdNH_zl9M/UjOi4zEJ3wI/AAAAAAAADkk/cZQo38WOvng/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B33%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0814" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0814" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lMl_3ZEqKXs/UjOi5sLycxI/AAAAAAAADks/KX4wBbtToS0/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="526" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ceq0nseg3qs/UjOi6sUyNrI/AAAAAAAADk0/ysm1s4iBfmI/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0820" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0820" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cw-qzZVfrgI/UjOi7d3EtGI/AAAAAAAADk8/HPv6J1ge9nY/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" height="515" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was quite a hike to Spearfish Falls across a bridge and over rugged terrain.  On the way back I was huffing and puffing so loud that I didn’t know there was a man behind me until he scuffed his foot in the gravel.  I nearly jumped out of my skin. He apologized for frightening me.  I told him that I couldn’t hear him over my heavy breathing.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LBR354O_T3Q/UjOi9PAnBTI/AAAAAAAADlE/OimClgiNn9Y/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0830" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0830" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1zzHyGyb8uk/UjOi90BNeyI/AAAAAAAADlM/UjcIk6qpRCI/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea.jpg?imgmax=800" width="375" height="482" /></a></p> <p align="center">Roughlock Falls is handicap accessible with a paved path and very nice viewing platforms.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GtbzZj4FNY8/UjOi_Un5xDI/AAAAAAAADlU/bMNyVq7IJko/s1600-h/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B32%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0825" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 11_Lead-Vore Buff Jump-Spearfish Canyon_0825" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2NnKUfVq4CE/UjOjAHyjpXI/AAAAAAAADlc/QposT35PvXA/2013-Sep-11_Lead-Vore-Buff-Jump-Spea%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="293" /></a></p> <p align="center">There are several picnic tables like this at Roughlock Falls.  The top and seats are 4” thick.  There are similar chunky benches there also.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:213a495c-6557-4a27-9764-ab3721dd7fef" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Vore+Buffalo+Jump" rel="tag">Vore Buffalo Jump</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Homestake+Mine" rel="tag">Homestake Mine</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Black+Hills+Mining+Museum" rel="tag">Black Hills Mining Museum</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Spearfish+Canyon+Scenic+Drive" rel="tag">Spearfish Canyon Scenic Drive</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Spearfish" rel="tag">Spearfish</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Lead" rel="tag">Lead</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-18217741447381125332013-09-10T06:58:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:38:24.993-05:00Deadwood Area Day 1<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_zXLNISooJk/UjOhwTa3gII/AAAAAAAADeE/N5cyAryEiGo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0715.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0715" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0715" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jYJaUnsqZP4/UjOhxHHpFQI/AAAAAAAADeM/4Wp5jqm2F3o/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0715_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p>As everyone knows, mountain roads make me pretty stressed out. As mountain roads go, Hwy 14AFrom I-90 to Deadwood is not bad.  it is plenty wide and while there were steep grades they didn’t seem bad. </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vlRNTgU2Qo0/UjOhyubyEII/AAAAAAAADeU/FU_meJWlPps/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Steel-Wheel-Campground_0%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Steel Wheel Campground_0877" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Steel Wheel Campground_0877" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sc-H5Zf0bqyD-sI-ek5K4_xpGuh1LoB3C6jNwFtq5BNyPsvmTF3EsYjYWXcyWR1f5tJ7EKauJXfsQWV3ruhyphenhyphenP1VLtiDObw8b20aaPPNGaaC5r1EmpvwvK9e1t6yBMM_ecZn2n2G1Kvoj/?imgmax=800" width="410" height="314" /></a></p> <p align="left">This is the Steel Wheel RV Park and Campground.  There are 30 some sites including tent sites and pull-throughs. The sites are level and each have a concrete patio with a good picnic table, fire pit and individual garbage cans.  The campground is fairly new and boasts a gift shop, gas station and restaurant.  Now the bad—there is no ATT or Sprint cell phone reception and although they advertised WiFi, we cannot connect. </p> <p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQoBvETtnNOugBZw4JT64jB4zv9ZoL0vXng5tBv30raLZoADcghYsxRcZXSYgZxFE74ZRrc2Yp_YddJdBZFTDUkNk_NxklkFN30wM8I5pZUNUY-q32JNAXoSV6gMPwznqoZTF8fgdMgK-/s1600-h/2013-Sep-12_Steel-Wheel-Campground_0.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 12_Steel Wheel Campground_0879" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 12_Steel Wheel Campground_0879" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TUfl3bvAn4o/UjOh09q7P8I/AAAAAAAADes/KeyiD_vEJJg/2013-Sep-12_Steel-Wheel-Campground_0%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="412" height="315" /></a></p> <p align="left">I took this photo for our friend Steve.  This rig is set-up much like his.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AzoM3LSjoak/UjOh2J9tRKI/AAAAAAAADe0/maPWs15Ar-o/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0721.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0721" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0721" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xDB5Ua88mmY/UjOh2jfC5II/AAAAAAAADe8/Hh6loFD96-c/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0721_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="415" height="318" /></a></p> <p>We spotted this business that has cast iron sculptures.  It appears that they custom paint them on site.  There is also an antique store on the premises. American Pickers should be alerted as they have gas signs and old bikes. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8udSjLCOOQfRAI_EX2R1nrwfT5M4jSk_-F8bWlIjWkkc-mzGSjreeSQ9-lgZdbEY2A-g3fVuAZTEpkPiMFvlJfXdB0eeX0ROTxbN6QxeQYiu3RsBLgnBlOkAI4S3tetbduEbPAZoT1tHo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0722.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0722" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0722" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-F9Y2zpovXY0/UjOh49esF_I/AAAAAAAADfM/qZdKJ3A1Yc4/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0722_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="306" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3UNg481hKcQ/UjOh5mGs_nI/AAAAAAAADfU/-RgReOi8hpo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0740.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0740" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0740" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QPckqUgPxWg/UjOh6ULkroI/AAAAAAAADfc/hi_FE4Vcbis/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0740_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p>Jim and Sherry on the Deadwood Trolley. Trolleys run throughout the day until midnight or so.  Each ride is $1 whether you go a block or a mile and each time you board you pay another $1.  Not bad if you park in one of the free parking lots.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gkd0JqSkNJk/UjOh7duIyCI/AAAAAAAADfk/zEfYu6njs6M/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0748.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0748" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0748" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ASbPjGCc4qg/UjOh7285DkI/AAAAAAAADfs/wO-0Nv_NnTI/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0748_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p>We were told that Deadwood was allowed to have casinos to provide upkeep for the towns historic buildings.  We did find out that Deadwood had many more casinos at one time.  They bring in tourists by the busload and have events throughout the summer to attract people. In fact, this coming weekend the town is hosting “Deadwood Jam,” a music festival.  </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:77f37b60-eed1-4696-8ef3-b2eabed2d3c6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Deadwood" rel="tag">Deadwood</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Hwy+14A" rel="tag">Hwy 14A</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Steel+Wheel+and+Campground" rel="tag">Steel Wheel and Campground</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Deadwood+Jam" rel="tag">Deadwood Jam</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-56973315097763097862013-09-10T04:50:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:40:14.965-05:00Change<p>I wrote a little about how Mt. Rushmore National Park has changed with the construction (1995-1998) of a parking structure, a useless information center, restrooms, restaurant and Ice cream shop, a gift shop the size of a Piggly Wiggly, Avenue of (State) Flags and Grand View Terrace with the actual Visitor Center below all finished in varying shades of gray granite.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IB0dIxNO1Zs/UjOiKkifxZI/AAAAAAAADf0/hN4c72xlPAE/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0667" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0667" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yb-Eoj8Rp0qKCuy65luqH8fryusDENvAYBfKuMF1nlj0E4I04t4XrYlIf8t8rebWLTuwmlojDt3FTkT_knZ2EKND8hhmbp93PyRsgmvZJJhT2BOUSqDTaWxqvsgbhy9H2PXKn4lRu4r1/?imgmax=800" width="401" height="307" /></a></p> <p>The monstrosity in the foreground is the complex described above. </p> <p>The entire town of Deadwood is designated a National Historic Landmark.  Sounds good, right?  The town is preserved as it  was, right? Not so, I’m afraid.  I don’t know when they got their Landmark Status but there is a mixture of old and newer in Deadwood. To me there has been little effort to retain the feel of the old west. A Deadwood and Mt. Moriah Cemetery tour bus is allowed to park almost in front of Saloon No. 10 where Wild Bill was shot.  A sign hanging on the building where Jack McCall, Hickock’s, murderer was captured is all that distinguished this as a part of Deadwood’s history as the building is vacant, it’s grimy windows watching cars zip by.  In fact there were many vacant buildings. The ones that weren’t vacant were touristy gift shops that all touted the same items.  Oh, by-the-way, Kevin Costner has a restaurant and casino on Main Street Deadwood, called the Midnight Star—his windows are dirty, too.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QrXvMcRwTpM/UjOiMHv6LaI/AAAAAAAADgE/e364YfjuM-w/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07478.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0747" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0747" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XdR_YVGJEzo/UjOiMtwHpMI/AAAAAAAADgM/fCzVr3gL_nQ/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0747_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" height="489" /></a></p> <p align="center">Saloon No. 10 where Wild Bill Hickok was killed. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c4lr4rIgigg/UjOiNV_oL_I/AAAAAAAADgU/-efARqXhmrs/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07466.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0746" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0746" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cwofIQAiIeE/UjOiOL1luxI/AAAAAAAADgc/V79nKiGc1vc/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0746_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">This framed “Dead Man’s Hand” is located in Saloon No. 10. I don’t believe these are the actual cards as years ago the cards did not have numbers on them.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2DSd51Rjntk/UjOiPMMl6eI/AAAAAAAADgk/8newfTD7TnQ/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07497.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0749" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0749" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GifZMco_KrM/UjOiPvImdnI/AAAAAAAADgs/3drGfbkc1QU/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0749_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="294" /></a></p> <p align="center">This is what you didn’t see in the photo of Saloon No. 10 above. Very tacky.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2xQQXfhUxcKvKRNZKQ_iJSlaRV9DRm3pVWfFbpt4sjLQBsL1vreNxX0pReecBvA7BXRDWAkeCdNUI5oMlKM-_BvadeAX5hionK5wLD2lBntigwKGIWfYEMJyveDZiOhfHOsEqVCmTRm-/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07528.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0752" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0752" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fwlX2ekKdoQ/UjOiRNYh_UI/AAAAAAAADg8/Q7dM6PWu6dw/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0752_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="307" height="420" /></a></p> <p align="center">Site of the capture of Jack McCall is vacant and for sale.</p> <p>And then there were the casinos.  Every hotel and eatery had slots and many had poker, blackjack and more. It seems, if you can afford the permit, anyone can have gambling in their establishments in South Dakota. We stopped for gas and the station had an annex with slots.  </p> <p>We parked in a free parking lot and took the trolley for $1 around town.  All the passengers except us got off to try their luck.  One guy, who obviously had imbibed too much, said he dropped $60 that day and that he gambles 2-3 times a week.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IyOgFt55LgY/UjOiSIpfAzI/AAAAAAAADhE/IvRSHhRYRiA/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07416.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0741" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0741" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--0qBiUebWjY/UjOiSwyqd_I/AAAAAAAADhM/h0kXMNKkJuk/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0741_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>Oh don’t expect a shootout reenacted on the streets of Deadwood after Labor Day. And we were told that Saloon No. 10 had would reenact the shooting of Wild Bill at 3 p.m., so we double-timed it there only to find that the Travel Channel was filming and there would be no 3 p.m and most likely no 5 p.m. murder. We went back to the Deadwood Visitor Center and I mentioned it to the attendant and she had not been informed.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_9t4QTtqA1yVS12T9QHSpltBQfV53JgPQdU8ryH9iNCTqOMRbuJXoSpUPDaMC4EA6AA1fxwRUUhb74MP5twV6MNKSvYjauf4eTrdNa6bsPCDDqc8RPyOl4MwoU9OsoiBaXQa_sB7s_Mc/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07357.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0735" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0735" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CPuvQWMwAcQ/UjOiVUH3fWI/AAAAAAAADhc/Klvg9iLh0_Q/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0735_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>Mt. Moriah Cemetery where we found the graves of Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane changed also.  Apparently Wild Bill’s grave was damaged by souvenir hunters so both graves have a fence enclosing them.  A monument with a bust of Wild Bill replaces the original headstone on his grave.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--_pME_HHoXQ/UjOiW4epqbI/AAAAAAAADhk/HhU-CyfWxNY/s1600-h/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_07266.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0726" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 10_Deadwood_0726" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fS0zcq_l4gg/UjOiXcEtueI/AAAAAAAADhs/xqHm311geSs/2013-Sep-10_Deadwood_0726_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>There is change of another kind in western state forests—dead pine trees. Vast areas have been devastated by this little bug and nothing can be done to stop it.  Many areas have been logged, as the lumber is still good, in an effort to slow the spread.  The plan is to plant a mixture of tree species so in the future should one species be killed off the whole forest isn’t destroyed.</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-86621288322827760392013-09-09T21:53:00.001-05:002013-09-09T21:53:10.782-05:00Black Hills-Hermosa Day 4 Custer St. Park Wildlife Loop Again and Wind Cave NP<p>Custer State Park Wildlife Loop 2nd Time</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aJfbxKgfLl4/Ui6Ip2IshJI/AAAAAAAADWE/v51pmRtl4tk/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0633%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0633" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwJFPKgPcEGmwbixelmXWDfWbyHWV2tdm2JpzxrBFxOHOKMeYOHawAj0fM4zToxJg0S2kOHkekvBBjoZXqHOaOCMB9w0HvB1_2pZHvXLHn99DY_J8vkjOcfYzdwF4jSgcZ_BiGS88V-IT/?imgmax=800" width="395" height="302" /></a></p> <p align="center">Everyone butts heads now and again.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_OqLRAYStml3MI8iwh01DZIoRVLjBlzIsUTuqrpY-GSKrV8flaNcor7IipgVwkJEuDFWVFaghRZ0tomvRgwoYC6fr82Edkws14kpadttxZR6h4P0zd9mNYC9E_vt5KWZaZV5etfeaJOu/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0576%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0576" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0576" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-txphqKzVBQ0/Ui6IxFHG0qI/AAAAAAAADWc/reHdp28r-HQ/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0576_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" height="302" /></a></p> <p align="center">Prairie Dogs </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CwKBLt-kCew/Ui6IziDHU6I/AAAAAAAADWk/nD6T6xd8c5I/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0583%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0583" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0583" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-33IrkqNgnk0/Ui6I1R37pkI/AAAAAAAADWs/UyT1C93VkK8/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0583_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Finally got to see the burrows</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5E4eXQtQI48/Ui6I6yg4pII/AAAAAAAADW0/0jSUSErTxns/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0588%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0588" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0588" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-I-BhHuG0alE/Ui6I-HXbZVI/AAAAAAAADW8/g5zc4aaBJt8/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0588_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="308" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fQ3Hw8XjpqE/Ui6JBhlkx6I/AAAAAAAADXE/tCPJJUfkWPI/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0590%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0590" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0590" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-95pFK2dD9ew/Ui6JDjX9-KI/AAAAAAAADXM/1bBhjci_4aQ/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0590_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="295" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qTJuQuUbJ6Q/Ui6JFvDhyvI/AAAAAAAADXU/kRNa7qH7Rlc/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0595%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0595" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0595" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y_3eM4bsDmM/Ui6JGwUEWyI/AAAAAAAADXc/H6WZUntA0SI/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0595_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="289" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim is warming up to a youngster.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DYVXd39Nr1g/Ui6JJzvETMI/AAAAAAAADXk/sMkDLx4YWBM/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0606%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0606" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0606" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--MNCvqqzcS0/Ui6JLrwPKsI/AAAAAAAADXs/mXVLqtVnVNU/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0606_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="373" height="286" /></a></p> <p align="center">Tom got worried when this guy began rubbing his head on the mirror.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6npeOV9sDhA/Ui6JPRiU5lI/AAAAAAAADX0/umONVQv-IGw/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0598%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0598" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer State Park Wildlife Loop South 2nd time_0598" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GJa-Rq0jEWo/Ui6JRxnjZUI/AAAAAAAADX8/pdBUYpW2UoM/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520State%252520Park%252520Wildlife%252520Loop%252520South%2525202nd%252520time_0598_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="278" /></a></p> <p align="center">Helicopter is chasing a herd of elk.  Don’t know why? They seemed to flow over the ground as they moved.  Quite a sight to see.</p> <p align="center">Wind Cave National Park</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fvVkoyd3fLw/Ui6JWsgYGXI/AAAAAAAADYE/kiCGJuq2hr0/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0607%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0607" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0607" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jh2zKCJDv84/Ui6JYVfpkAI/AAAAAAAADYM/Sn5lkdWqcmc/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0607_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="294" /></a></p> <p align="center">The original opening to Wind Cave. I wish you could see just how small this opening is. It really doesn’t look like a human of any size could squeeze through here. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qxnDeLfTsq8/Ui6JbB9iWuI/AAAAAAAADYU/i3vqFN0i2mY/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0613%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0613" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0613" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LCMHZfrwDAg/Ui6JcsPQcrI/AAAAAAAADYc/q_L3x9-0khQ/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0613_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p align="center">There are basically three rules for touring Wind Cave. 1) No food or drink, 2) Stay with the group, and 3) never, ever touch any part of the cave.  This little, old Japanese man really had a problem with rule #3.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Pehf_gfQhc8/Ui6Jg9z0RnI/AAAAAAAADYk/FftfWx_FKDA/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0622%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0622" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Wind Cave NP_0622" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tRVEZWb6H6g/Ui6JiS8i4QI/AAAAAAAADYs/-QzL7ZyWgtM/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Wind%252520Cave%252520NP_0622_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Mike our guide was excellent. He combined a good mix of facts and humor.  The funniest story he told was not about the cave, it was about a co-worker.  This fellow went jogging every day and on this particular day he went out after dark.  You need to know there are no street lights so it was pitch dark.  Well he rand smack into a bison.  Mike did not say exactly what happened after that.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t63SKJpAHAg/Ui6JjxdvosI/AAAAAAAADY0/CX9BRVpKkV8/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520and%252520Custer%252520St%252520Pk%252520Office%252520bighorn_0625%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Custer and Custer St Pk Office bighorn_0625" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Custer and Custer St Pk Office bighorn_0625" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eP3KXvEM1Uc/Ui6JlKJx0bI/AAAAAAAADY8/gFuTPMm127k/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Custer%252520and%252520Custer%252520St%252520Pk%252520Office%252520bighorn_0625_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Painted Buffalo in Custer, SD</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:230d129a-92d5-44b5-a104-6cdc4511a63f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Custer+State+Park+Wildlife+Loop" rel="tag">Custer State Park Wildlife Loop</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Wind+Cave+National+Park" rel="tag">Wind Cave National Park</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Custer" rel="tag">Custer</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/SD" rel="tag">SD</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-31766618702478744572013-09-09T05:32:00.001-05:002013-09-13T18:34:41.576-05:00Black Hills-Hermosa Day 5: Iron Mountain Road & Hill City<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2hTQyPDcCic/UjOg0zema5I/AAAAAAAADbw/lVf-48-lQsk/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0641" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0641" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8wLBuYh-ps4/UjOg1u-er0I/AAAAAAAADb4/LuxRvsiSqGM/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="299" /></a></p> <p>Three Pronghorn viewed from the Iron Mountain Road.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_Fn1P86ePTMXUJDrnZ_OYxquPxAqybMQICgWrPPJw09gFLORv5psT4d4qVvnZfDR3OVl-0IkCl7LBrjv0fTUfjCrkFJpzUMcBnYbZsmelpdgNUSzQ5J-15NkYesAEaYikq4nsROnAvMf/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0650" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFR9VAz2I9Nw5S3oOCC2KvtLKn8-TESzBqKSf4qFDaIKQcLE_zPereaQsK-_OIa2xloE_0j05bPmmz35goaghe1Lo8AWXNvdFFbw3I2CRPJNNS-x-fEaN5-v7d1G8k38iqLU-Yc_Zz2x6/?imgmax=800" width="399" height="306" /></a></p> <p>The first of three tunnels on the Iron Mountain Road</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--y2YpyfAXE8/UjOg40vxG-I/AAAAAAAADcQ/_zowFaCebc8/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0685" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0685" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZTquc2iUBic/UjOg5q-5LMI/AAAAAAAADcY/e6t9Mmz285k/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="292" /></a></p> <p>A truck camper in one of the Iron Mountain Road tunnels.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-i1Yrg-BkuME/UjOg6qAIORI/AAAAAAAADcg/nl7Jz2k29O4/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0686" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0686" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-55mMIf65YOc/UjOg7XK-XDI/AAAAAAAADco/xS7J5slx5tU/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="294" /></a></p> <p>This is one of several “Pig-Tail Bridges” on the Iron Mountain Road.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkALPE_pYajNveqqr0tgND12exmWUZGDLtgVTeXtcd1hx4u-bPtQjdDzgaHntyyF5dcYCPOnWXm0BnYIx3b78BcJxYdO0TAnMkMIJqnJuAEjyOrU7x1x0ipGAwQqq14wUGRNCH4hZ8m-M/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0692" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0692" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-03RzoS96I_A/UjOg8_deUvI/AAAAAAAADc4/1OpHCxMZwsE/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="508" /></a></p> <p>While in search of elusive Mountain Goats, we stopped at this profile overlook.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q52WBOlfF4c/UjOg9zbhZgI/AAAAAAAADdA/oZRzTDzTucA/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0699" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0699" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-g0YA2eZhmrc/UjOg-dBhZ7I/AAAAAAAADdI/USCtNiBbNxo/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="511" /></a></p> <p>We had a terrific lunch at the Alpine Inn Restaurant in Hill City.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDv9vfWVeDX7si-6RaxPNLQn0SeONsnUfqUCPKQwD0E5pHdGK29CF_ZJFqFiplnoatfZHIAtTubxRrE9eJE1mU7SDdYHKgKi-GhraNtDxtZ-e6wJfx9Fv5EMk83tVylNYxBUuhxygQtcBC/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0700" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0700" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-c4T8pqRQn9E/UjOhAc3l69I/AAAAAAAADdY/C1ydzSuyF6I/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="297" /></a></p> <p>Welded iron sculptures in Hill City.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0MszIur9SCM/UjOhBqqR8iI/AAAAAAAADdg/dO5BaYvxjLs/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B24%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0701" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0701" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJC1KJIreJwzDomTGZPpeRvBQ0ntSE7DP8Xmc_1r-c2PZS-puM_0eb_4pKOrI831RRBNsGVS9lE731L1xJB0_9E6FXmZ6UJow0Lpp4GyCxrDmS1W6HuSj09h3ynLvn85G9zJUCIcHqTYw/?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LvXpCe6xSvg/UjOhDaUJxqI/AAAAAAAADdw/qRUVv9pNgdQ/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B26%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0710" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0710" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d9dEfPwzFaA/UjOhD8MnJHI/AAAAAAAADd4/rWJn4C8rT7c/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" height="304" /></a></p> <p>These two deer are locking horns.  They seemed to be young and this looked more like play than an actual fight. I will try to replace this photo with video I took of them later.</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-7684926666343160032013-09-09T05:32:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:30:53.820-05:00Hermosa- Day 5: Iron Mountain Road & Hill City<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GksCThesLeo/UjOf7V-ERrI/AAAAAAAADZM/l5S6ydVSuoo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0641" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0641" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q79x7QFH7Vc/UjOf70j3N7I/AAAAAAAADZU/6va3k2cXEJU/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="299" /></a></p> <p>Three Pronghorn viewed from the Iron Mountain Road.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RsCzToZsfBo/UjOf9ZX99PI/AAAAAAAADZc/4FNxvQzFibQ/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0650" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0650" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U-7uGVxIB-c/UjOf-edVKOI/AAAAAAAADZk/33sNU5h4f2E/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B22%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="306" /></a></p> <p>The first of three tunnels on the Iron Mountain Road</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jehpiHk2LQM/UjOf_f9T1XI/AAAAAAAADZs/XfB9zY2hf_o/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0685" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0685" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AhdrIB21VQs/UjOf_2s-dBI/AAAAAAAADZ0/aI85Ha4EnlM/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="292" /></a></p> <p>A truck camper in one of the Iron Mountain Road tunnels.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5XJgc7uys-I/UjOgBIsqrgI/AAAAAAAADZ8/0r8X26Hc0iY/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0686" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzT_tMRrrmifagdIrl0aB-4UwbxMAHhNfwHtaANgnYXNkWEcDjICCF0s2g4uPA6cmJe7cIwWIQWJHrKrSwlZUkw7n6ULDKJsuaNNuSzypN4b_HgJJaGVGIo3KbG6P2MfSTs7btQGtlYGN/?imgmax=800" width="384" height="294" /></a></p> <p>This is one of several “Pig-Tail Bridges” on the Iron Mountain Road.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0i6GujbeLHw/UjOgCtXCVXI/AAAAAAAADaM/Ss8O4wJjCIk/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0692" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0692" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Jw7IJ5KL7O8/UjOgDXqJB8I/AAAAAAAADaU/x7N0t054x-g/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="508" /></a></p> <p>While in search of elusive Mountain Goats, we stopped at this profile overlook.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-74yEVhSF5I8/UjOgEGnSXhI/AAAAAAAADac/fIDWx7TqG5s/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0699" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0699" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35SfoRpsvNgvhg3FfHjwfj0lkHbdQbqhYi2VdiGL43w8ZTjoJ6JhrcSODI307cEeQl-N3cw4IZtH5KyEmjCP5RmzRCDv4b-LAo0d2tb8NB07lDL1wjuNi59ezS8CkZCvO6teeYMOhuWoh/?imgmax=800" width="378" height="511" /></a></p> <p>We had a terrific lunch at the Alpine Inn Restaurant in Hill City. We were going to have dinner here but we changed our plans as long as we were in town already.  Most days we have had lunch out an dinner at home if  we have dinner at all. Sometimes dinner is a sandwich sometimes we take turns cooking.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TmNidj8PNyE/UjOgGtt4U7I/AAAAAAAADas/rQlNbZaJsDE/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0700" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghroZbrkTEVc5_3-kvb6BKU8rbQ4PXpy8lYTjta0Q55T77sGBoHqOe3sv3gdA01U3pyrWZt2syFr9DO-H1apAGoKEb1ReWIKARr7AAszIq4CQVkHULvFwy0kimFTgKSIGGgCwOByJQfqaP/?imgmax=800" width="388" height="297" /></a></p> <p>Welded iron sculptures in Hill City.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v_hWwMn1MgQ/UjOgIl78w9I/AAAAAAAADa8/-hBLGt4aDiM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B24%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0701" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0701" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Wbs16YkDt1Q/UjOgJeciI9I/AAAAAAAADbE/qBNRpduiJW8/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vdzkw_cP92M/UjOgKbhiR1I/AAAAAAAADbM/klYLJJw2g4s/s1600-h/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B26%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0710" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 09_Iron Mountain Road Hill City and Custer St Pk Wildlife Loop_0710" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cEJw2F_Dx-w/UjOgLFp24fI/AAAAAAAADbU/bwLWzAblAnM/2013-Sep-09_Iron-Mountain-Road-Hill-%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" height="304" /></a></p> <p>These two deer are locking horns.  They seemed to be young and this looked more like play than an actual fight. I will try to replace this photo with video I took of them later.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:202ae494-abee-42d3-bb67-3d91db71f5a1" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Iron+Mountain+Road" rel="tag">Iron Mountain Road</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Hill+City" rel="tag">Hill City</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/South+Dakota" rel="tag">South Dakota</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Alpine+Inn+Restaurant" rel="tag">Alpine Inn Restaurant</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-56064255918224287572013-09-09T01:37:00.000-05:002013-09-13T18:31:56.912-05:00Three Years Has Made a Difference<p>We are all worn out by the end of the day! Our feet and backs hurt.  Us passengers fall asleep in the car or truck on our excursions. What the heck happened to us. I know we had more pep when we went to the Southwest in 2010. Some evenings we are in bed before 7. One night in particular I really wanted to go to bed but I stayed up to work on the blog and my feet were just throbbing and my eyes blurry. I do have to apologize for the blog as I have just put photos up with minimal comments.  </p> <p>We leave the RV Park at 8 a.m. and get back about 4 p.m. and we are mostly in the car.  We have not done any hiking except for Jim, he walked the trail under the presidents at Mt. Rushmore. So you would think we shouldn’t be so tired.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtW6FapqlyAHuZSuFJikCyrBCuEPsKvAGH1qQfS5lQTiFspoYjXAiCLAe97zFOiRDNchl9NbIv_NvrnrJ_KptlqXNH-UwjI-3xL9GVGgF66OuV5WslbzMvAFkxIwjNFl6bVLSjdyPUgENZ/s1600-h/2013-Sep-07_Mt-Rushmore_05634.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0563" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0563" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xZw5aEyBgJQ/UjOga_ApvRI/AAAAAAAADbk/4xyFTh-1ZQM/2013-Sep-07_Mt-Rushmore_0563_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">This photo is zoomed in to the max.  Jim was right under the president’s noses at the bottom of the rubble pile.</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-81089949519131128242013-09-08T07:45:00.001-05:002013-09-08T07:45:44.353-05:00Black Hills-Hermosa Day 3 Needles Highway-Mt. Rushmore-Keystone<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kysdkGISb6g/Uixw4RK872I/AAAAAAAADRM/XYckf59GgJo/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Map%252520custer%252520st%252520park%252520area_0574%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 08_Map custer st park area_0574" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 08_Map custer st park area_0574" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QztiaLQUfos/Uixw5ZG3DuI/AAAAAAAADRU/KKgxzizWLdo/2013%252520Sep%25252008_Map%252520custer%252520st%252520park%252520area_0574_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="327" /></a></p> <p align="center">We have yet to do the Iron Mountain Road located between Keystone and Hwy 36.  Three more tunnels on that route.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Jt89Se1IKs0/Uixw6o1JLpI/AAAAAAAADRc/KGXyfbYxcoo/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0515%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0515" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0515" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZR1EUXNCh4w/Uixw7oJvJAI/AAAAAAAADRk/RgxmgvQV5Ro/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0515_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="397" height="308" /></a></p> <p align="center">Bighorn Sheep Ewes along the Needles Highway.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9as2B0x7R80/Uixw8hnN_uI/AAAAAAAADRs/91hRXVWZDLw/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0517%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0517" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0517" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-D9zeSJgCUpk/Uixw98vizxI/AAAAAAAADR0/isDaDqor9RU/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0517_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="535" /></a></p> <p align="center">This tunnel is 8’ 4” wide.  I remember 25 years ago driving the Needles Highway with one of our Class Cs and going through the tunnels.  This one we pulled the mirrors in to do so.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VTIqgKy_EJY/Uixw-mTRN_I/AAAAAAAADR8/YebHfMK7_3Y/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0520%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0520" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0520" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fXdFiVYua8E/Uixw_Y7FyeI/AAAAAAAADSE/dQ2hQ4VhKMs/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0520_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" height="526" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim and Sherry’s little Honda CRV going through the same tunnel.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-G6FIMlK1jrY/UixxAurS2II/AAAAAAAADSM/unVQJ7GPi1Q/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0535%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0535" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0535" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Bs-p3-h5ieU/UixxBZQYofI/AAAAAAAADSU/6OmFiXoQJ8U/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0535_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="299" /></a></p> <p align="center">Scenery along Needles Highway.  There are large sections of pine forest that are dying due to an insect infestation.  This is a problem throughout the West.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rh2S8q1lcrM/UixxCutdWUI/AAAAAAAADSc/eiTT0qV3tts/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0528%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0528" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0528" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9ZoMxN576d8/UixxDTgwJtI/AAAAAAAADSk/3ouv7HLAffw/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0528_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="302" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-i9qJ2YvjJQc/UixxEtlnFtI/AAAAAAAADSs/NWkqlzHBnKY/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0546%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0546" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpe8meShHWfm2Bmh1fnGSrVZhLkm5WXShIXK8T6jzYnujenb6f1a2N6oAYs9wzeYdO9NWkGHEwl1Ju0OKA9FT7Oi_z_PNnaH8fiZRMQQdhyphenhyphenDINbWQWbuYxf-g2oef7FSgfICG9JsfQiGzm/?imgmax=800" width="394" height="538" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1lq60un8MgE/UixxGX6KlZI/AAAAAAAADS8/tmBtxbAEhzM/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0540%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0540" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tcvzqmFVubEOn6xf-LVqVUaTCNIbAiXB2nceuqNLNzMOC5HYxNJf7iR6r_6uGuqlqIjgji49YmWF6S4ZUFCWoN4R2SSOY8ip1sNBrqLnDxod2jpuetadKL47DcDLRmmh5EV3O-bD56rj/?imgmax=800" width="408" height="560" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicH1fIYK1QrYAoMgi4V3gxggmQR2yBwMce5xlTnSif6AlmxwA2aJNiem0uTtBY2HQ_iJ956cvbIpQaWxjqQ_Te8Li2zeAmBfGobW1t1yTcoYs4XBQi01MgN2UEPWVq5OFt5NKEJYN0sFeY/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0548%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0548" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0548" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E6RayA6haxg/UixxJZ1wcTI/AAAAAAAADTU/lZNWbkpASXc/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0548_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G2PV6H-Eos4/UixxKlivRjI/AAAAAAAADTc/K1dkt1oIAXI/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0551%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0551" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0551" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-if3zImG0zfE/UixxLRtQylI/AAAAAAAADTk/622YfZMsijY/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0551_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">We manage to bump into fellow Wisconsinites everywhere.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pSNludaAUPs/UixxMqp0hvI/AAAAAAAADTs/VF4smKYnkOc/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0554%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0554" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0554" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-i0oDeAfT-7w/UixxNV85T8I/AAAAAAAADT0/pAjUPgAs-RA/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0554_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="center">Sylvan Lake on the Needles Highway.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zngLBIGH-C8/UixxO8L7S9I/AAAAAAAADT8/8IrDI9XH-js/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0553%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0553" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Needles Highway_0553" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-INEVNoN3V3U/UixxPmB3VzI/AAAAAAAADUE/oNVGLtmmrZ4/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Needles%252520Highway_0553_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a></p> <p align="center">A wedding on the shores of Sylvan Lake.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Nv89avSgFVXK0rwL4Sk8aioadQ98-5La47afXZRJINbs14YiiNz5RDRCrQatjIQPvwxS35briJY5Ae82trPydUwzngBW0CiSK4QT8D_CG6Xj-9nKeb5TyvIZ7Z0Nwq-nEQ7jAO39oVdD/s1600-h/mt%252520rushmore%252520map%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="mt rushmore map" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="mt rushmore map" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aRio6iR1ZWc/UixxRczJXBI/AAAAAAAADUU/OwHOqty9Jrw/mt%252520rushmore%252520map_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="431" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KNDNWNY1I6A/UixxSpfVsXI/AAAAAAAADUc/O2NfjWTEFcI/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Mt%252520Rushmore_0555%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0555" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0555" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VmCPPIuOzM8/UixxTRAODKI/AAAAAAAADUk/saHjBmzp53s/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Mt%252520Rushmore_0555_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Near the gift shop and restaurant. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hlmsWsbJ_-0/UixxUmZjF8I/AAAAAAAADUs/dy63lBQ6ask/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Mt%252520Rushmore_0556%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0556" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0556" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VIcLirxtPdA/UixxV-ohwiI/AAAAAAAADU0/_JBEB9kvU_g/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Mt%252520Rushmore_0556_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="311" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim and Sherry walking through the state flags.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN11lYXDof4mfx25wuX43UPTu0aMUdNngRFTbiV7ZdIn2W40r6gWUknbBNx8yFRWCcGd2Z-aKFbFD2V4fZI9vAYgiktucK9IPmafVaevZASyr-2Itu6MeynJBJACOcrL8R17v4AC_XeUn/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Mt%252520Rushmore_0557%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0557" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Mt Rushmore_0557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapikrZrnilMbJrQgy2Gw5tYu4xt1DFHDTOy1rjaIoaWd9bz-19W85qLmT6zEG0pyiRNHcV2ntMvdOsdpImOhUitEysNBmUavFCwrC7s3eQRTOwaPVSIj5Un1a7v_KMjGho0APUjDdSBDs/?imgmax=800" width="403" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center">Restaurant at Rushmore</p> <p align="center">IMHO Mt. Rushmore is way too commercialized. Everything is over the top and detracts from the mountain.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-i2_UH2dK5J4/UixxYzwTbaI/AAAAAAAADVM/My73v2M6WPo/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0567%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0567" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0567" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v5mJQHDkz7c/UixxZzng6AI/AAAAAAAADVU/G3L_KCcaeZM/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0567_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="312" /></a></p> <p align="center">Big Thunder Gold Mine-Hardhats Required!</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kJvP6jH_2QIoJZzRGvkClxaYLQVDUpqSxnIDtvNtwNnDLYBy71Nc2kv3yciKHThiIrFSKJWQHDzMpLSlc7bXvOIpF0fE-RjqFw5kZhklVdDWOTqDDtrjANsd2arZ6F1xLHUsh9IIhvIE/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0573%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0573" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0573" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-P_hM8RqC1x4/Uixxb80BXYI/AAAAAAAADVk/npwZDPWnem8/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0573_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="315" /></a></p> <p align="center">Mine entrance.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcrxHyQHm_orP-K7qdspw9KFYVzvJH9U1kfosk8y9jfg-iTLT2gdbRW5i5FCZrjrhG3191XA023eolLZFiS212xRTIfw3CjdkVOdFp0AiD5xXcP943felVrs_06uh1ybNR49QnK4WqRej/s1600-h/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0570%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0570" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 07_Thunder Mt. Mine_0570" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A3dxaYUFsAg/UixxdhxtgfI/AAAAAAAADV0/jYk50K7tklY/2013%252520Sep%25252007_Thunder%252520Mt.%252520Mine_0570_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="315" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jim in mill building at Big Thunder Gold Mine.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:80e653eb-c35a-4bf6-841d-cea75cf85e7a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Needles+Highway" rel="tag">Needles Highway</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Mt.+Rushmore" rel="tag">Mt. Rushmore</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Big+Thunder+Gold+Mine" rel="tag">Big Thunder Gold Mine</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Keystone" rel="tag">Keystone</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-24688033416945249822013-09-07T21:33:00.001-05:002013-09-07T21:33:22.712-05:00The Black Hills-Hermosa: Day 1 & 2<p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:6e3d51a4-619c-4526-9d4f-5fb91368b1c8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Custer+State+Park" rel="tag">Custer State Park</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Mammoth+Site" rel="tag">Mammoth Site</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Crazy+Horse+Memorial" rel="tag">Crazy Horse Memorial</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/South+Dakota" rel="tag">South Dakota</a></div> We arrived at Heartland RV in Hermosa, SD late Thursday afternoon.  We were tired and didn’t do anything else that evening. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8pPnqKXZWAc/UivhL72s_UI/AAAAAAAADNU/27PRIFLdnv8/s1600-h/2013-Sep-05_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013-Sep-05_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos_thumb" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013-Sep-05_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YgRrn-z_RUQ/UivhMgmuibI/AAAAAAAADNc/8nGv--iD1vM/2013-Sep-05_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vr74Zmjrn9c/UivhNDTFV7I/AAAAAAAADNk/LwC56WUnwPM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos%25255B1%25255D_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013-Sep-06_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos[1]_thumb" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2013-Sep-06_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos[1]_thumb" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ETZ6ltsDMiw/UivhOPJcSiI/AAAAAAAADNs/CMk-Homx640/2013-Sep-06_Heartland-RV-Park-Hermos%25255B1%25255D_thumb_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a> </p> <p>Friday we did the Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park to Hwy 87.  This was our first encounter with a herd of bison.  A couple of them were acting up right next to the truck and it was quite exciting.  In addition to bison we saw the burros although they were not near the road.  We saw a prairie dog town with “Wyllie” coyote hanging around for a snack.  There were turkeys, mule and white-tailed deer, mountain goats, pronghorn and bighorn sheep.  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oo6MPJMCR2w/UivhPuz190I/AAAAAAAADN0/o6hTJg8uK4Y/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_048%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0481" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0481" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oJAThE4hr3g/UivhQUomWJI/AAAAAAAADN8/2ZbGl1UII3I/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_048.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">The bison were very close to the truck.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHxDwfhiPXjfrED3wPxSQRklw9hBegLs8drN0s84OnXw7b70DUjwsx5R2JYj1hqwYGmNCFbMf91-TTzdUhM_5Uykr0tfDj49J4WlSpzQ0b6u4SlRtm_0yTXEn6RMAoajmDYbLfgMG4DKc/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_048%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0487" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0487" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TK7eQ4UDbNM/UivhTMAMGZI/AAAAAAAADOM/1_dRLXOjXSw/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_048%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Pronghorn</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KgR9taHE8BY/UivhVt3IW5I/AAAAAAAADOU/JhZLCkvaIdg/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_049%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0495" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Custer State Park SD_0495" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h67TL_MTY1Q/UivhWRRnNdI/AAAAAAAADOc/3_3SbOPnHno/2013-Sep-06_Custer-State-Park-SD_049.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Prairie Dog (the coyote was hanging around but was too far away to get a good photo. </p> <p>Then we left the park and went south to Hot Springs to the <a href="http://www.mammothsite.com/" target="_blank">Mammoth Site</a>.  Since the discovery of the site in 1974, 121 mammoth tusks (this is how they determine the number of mammoths) representing 61 mammoths-58 Columbian and 3 Wooly as well as 85 other animal species, plants and insects. We were too late for the summer programs.  They had atlatl lessons in the summer and I really wanted to try that but alas it was not to be. On the way home we completed the remainder of the Wildlife loop.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SmL5gSVGL2k/UivhXZh0-iI/AAAAAAAADOk/7dGFyoHhhyY/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0463" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz59lRt92EopS9o8fj4Pd6i2WzUrkS1zD28I4aNx62KI0Ai6lfVJZJ4ieqIP6cbOrNEXizFTgOggzHmfj4GbA7beTXK-XnKZPUjAJxEwPxAmrCH7QGbmjX13J4pyVNi3dB2cGNJYyLi_dA/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_9YVgISNRD4/UivhbPoAC_I/AAAAAAAADO0/OVyjbKi9LHs/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0456" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0456" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3wChw-QLXsw/Uivhb0d0tmI/AAAAAAAADO8/FcxdeaE_rlE/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XdX2HRXoE6g/UivhdNHZu3I/AAAAAAAADPE/JpQHvzsytJM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0469" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0469" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d_mV1j13hOg/UivheZMBuiI/AAAAAAAADPM/l-MtYm0B_eU/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuSP5mZOLvE6ScGxn6aj20mWL9c1jkSAknzc01jmTPH1e1pu3mo7jtKfHLMO9fHGhMUXfZKgECFWz2sc96p2VBBWG5NDG-TDZi_UAIAWuPiewqy808iDFOuR7bLjaE5s5DwaONtolS6Os/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0471" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Mammoth Site Hot Springs SD_0471" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PaF5ZMNe1dw/Uivhp8KK1hI/AAAAAAAADPc/vTvCHdX5DcU/2013-Sep-06_Mammoth-Site-Hot-Springs.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>After a 90 minute pit stop at the trailer to have a sandwich and take the dogs for a walk, we headed to the <a href="http://crazyhorsememorial.org/" target="_blank">Crazy Horse Memorial</a> to see the Laser Light Show and Night Blast. This was 37 miles from the RV Park.  The gates were to open for evening events at 6 p.m. They were taking a food pantry collection in lieu of admission.  Three canned items per person.  We got there slightly before 6 p.m. and the main lot was already full, so we had to hike from the far lot. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C09FC7ZU_1I/UivhsGtF75I/AAAAAAAADPk/b84KeCak-WM/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_04236.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0423" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0423" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-h21zytUE7ZE/UivhuTadttI/AAAAAAAADPs/e76TfOK7pKA/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_0423_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">This is what The Crazy Horse Memorial looks like today.  When we were here 25 years ago he had no face.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7Se0zwxV_uM/UivhvZ0YpDI/AAAAAAAADP0/cCW89fdVA7w/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_03987.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0398" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0398" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-unod6KcMh_8/Uivhwx8MPDI/AAAAAAAADP8/wuNZJFbRAPY/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_0398_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="287" height="387" /></a></p> <p align="center">This is what the Memorial will look like when it is finished.  They pull this statue out when the weather is good.</p> <p>We learned that Thursday there was a hail storm at Crazy Horse with baseball-sized hail.  Many cars were badlly damaged with 9 damaged so badly that they had to be towed.  Then Friday there was another hail storm and there were still piles of hail on the ground around the buildings.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fGs3a-0jRxc/UivhyDc7USI/AAAAAAAADQE/1jSGpfHvsOA/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_03956.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0395" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOlURXTvl1PbSkat5svotSSw4F7UUA_uy-r3RjvOckcjt4iEdc1H8PJhT_CGFaYZ2Rxt2byuJ8rynxoTN74qsB7ILKTb_S3uaLmyyVYKYLPrTLZ5nI8kbnlKQVe04_FsG1M0JalGH3ocs/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Hail at Crazy Horse</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UtTSM5onDPg/Uivh0pAU10I/AAAAAAAADQU/yVk-Ep_HJHo/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_03963.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0396" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0396" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-A1_2I3s5bFY/Uivh1-sMbyI/AAAAAAAADQc/ZG30k9_pddE/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_0396_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Tom saving our spot for the show.</p> <p>We had a wait before the show was to begin and we were wondering what we would do for three hours.  No problem.  There was a video presentation, Indian Museum of North America, Tribal Flag Collection, art exhibits, gift shop and a dance demonstration by the 6 times great grandson of Sitting Bull.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RCkHcsZPsJ8/Uivh30jzKOI/AAAAAAAADQk/YtZrHkIom4I/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_04336.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0433" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXu7ksJOl0tUh_TMGT9jEDbvLEaQByYmUDoRYOMKINdHGl7hN5xC7SoQbxZdZ4BDAvGSRSWUyjJkjKdliJr6f2vOTY6Z7tYObCr92qqt8lWFJcJ4uZqovo8dBP6zrdRbeIl8JieCdeY0A/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Beaded horse saddle and accessories in the Indian Museum of North America.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZsIar3q1PIZ0Tt9MtvQmZj9ZE4MTpCDZ210ek6pxcSj3m9iiafRBuiIU45Lvkl1huuSTDV3Ky1qiRliCwrL-WtNE0njgTNzrFGg9xegJb-MNsVFkjSqyGezMXs2wp9kIYoMpnt5TXsPR/s1600-h/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_04246.jpg"><img title="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0424" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Sep 06_Crazy Horse_0424" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hrr_UYsKq3E/Uivh8Af8g3I/AAAAAAAADQ8/hbjtl5lJU0Y/2013-Sep-06_Crazy-Horse_0424_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Six times great-grandson of Sitting Bull</p> <p align="center">The problem is we didn’t know we would be standing for 3 hours beforehand and  we were sore when we were done. I forgot my jacket and it got cold while were were waiting.  </p> <p>Nightly Crazy Horse has a Laser Light Show. Friday’s show was different as there was also the Night Blast a pyrotechnic display to observe the death of Crazy Horse and the 105th birth date of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. Cake was served afterwards. Both the laser show and big blast were great. By the time we got back to the trailer it was 10 p.m. </p> <p>Crazy Horse Memorial was great and I highly recommend it if you are visiting the Black Hills Area.  I must note that the Crazy Horse is supported entirely by private funding. </p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-4249521103664428872013-09-05T05:34:00.001-05:002013-09-05T05:34:48.828-05:00In the words of Bette Davis, “What a Dump”<p>But we stayed anyway.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HMP48MLtj4vT6vM-jr9YgQ5DGWQLjJtz3j_BekTUCK_1hEzxUpo5tCIf5UTXhHWgWWrAgHj58PxQGe_1f1iNPbvMp0sut0IEuXirjNoGfjZ9fXR98xtjwibXgx91idmWvfYRbrUWFwiW/s1600-h/Wacky-west-sale-ad-pic1.jpg"><img title="Wacky west sale ad pic" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Wacky west sale ad pic" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VFSUh8d7QbQ/UiheG1Z0jcI/AAAAAAAADME/1TEANsdLCSY/Wacky-west-sale-ad-pic_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="334" /></a></p> <p align="center">From a real estate ad.</p> <p>Amenities & Highlights:</p> <p>Wacky West offers water, sewer, electricity, cable TV, internet access, and a dump station. Store with limited RV and camping supplies, and gifts. Nice bathrooms and showers. 20/30/50 amp service. 32 total sites. 12 sites with frostless freeze water and sewer pipes during winter use. All sites are 50 ft long. Wacky West welcomes all sizes of campers from Big Rigs to tenters. Laundry room, fire wood and fire grates, and picnic tables. Playground. LPG (bottles only). Campground is set right beside the cowboy trail for walking and bicycling. Across the street is an Alco store (variety store) and a grocery store. Walking distance to the movie theater, fast food, and restaurant.</p> <p>The above description is taken from the Passport America website. All true.  H O W E V E R . . . the derelict RVs at the entrance, junk in the park and the unkempt grounds would have normally turned us away but it was a long, hot day and we just gave in.  We didn’t know where the next facilities that could accommodate us would be.  </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MT4r4lm8PRw/UiheIDu7j7I/AAAAAAAADMM/0JXXVPXyh3E/s1600-h/P10406446.jpg"><img title="P1040644" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040644" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-D8dzQPBrAgE/UiheIt_FFRI/AAAAAAAADMU/-BbOrKeSIk0/P1040644_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="left">Our spaces are lined up along a “classy” fence made up of landscape timbers and cinder blocks, which are just at the right level to catch the bottom of our truck door. There were others suckered in by the ad.  Arriving after us were a newer Copper Canyon 5th wheel and a Winnebago Navion.  I am sure they were wondering what they were getting into, too.  We actually got the prime sites as we were not in among the riff-raff. But you better look both ways before you step out of the RV. As you can see from the photo above we are on the road.</p> <p align="left">Below are chachkies (yiddish word for trinkets and collectables) in the garden.  What you can’t see are the old toilets, some type of refrigeration unit and rusted junk just outside of the photos.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-r-WuUAEjTn0/UiheKthtBqI/AAAAAAAADMc/HeJdmazHSqo/s1600-h/P10406456.jpg"><img title="P1040645" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oR-VP07wABr-58Bjo3jMsRqGYOsaEyzohyNjvotmlApv7SDUn-6m_PtLRb_dGqj7decStDD19JO4nkn5r8Z5du-zOcB5QFu3ZcxIsbxrXO6936LMyBsYKdFgAtpn_sYrdCjp93-3DCNA/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f9Qh9R02p0A/UiheNX8atAI/AAAAAAAADMs/ghqp1M9D6Do/s1600-h/P10406466.jpg"><img title="P1040646" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040646" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KDZuKx44U_M/UiheOR4FIiI/AAAAAAAADM0/TRa2L_35ZBM/P1040646_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzL0u49rY9WZSydtuVY5v550hyphenhyphent9Fu4zjy3VrxBONJtSggueY2BhFKBhBOkwSDLqtM9Rqr3_UHB9fwC7W3QbgoQxM59GGCsPXfDGEAFjcSQrgUdQNshbY1GxUo1N2xtdwwUiaOXl3peby/s1600-h/P10406476.jpg"><img title="P1040647" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8UwGMVf7yCN74Uo6fI4Q40AB0odxsEt7LaNBIPThxOV62zYNVDC35BXOPSLITyhIYU08srAd1VIP-7qRs6D-hrKETi0k_yDqQ9d1PxSkKlJEKYpIh1rry7yJnweOirUR6lWLlsIyPbse/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">I took these photos especially for Dianne.  </p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-89036547102183430732013-09-05T05:31:00.000-05:002013-09-05T05:33:33.706-05:00Ashfall Fossil Beds and Smith Falls<p align="left">After leaving Fremont State Rec. Area we headed west on U.S. Route 30 toward Columbus to pick up Hwy 81 north. Both roads were pretty good. There were some bumpy spots but for the most part they were an easy ride with very little traffic.</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://ashfall.unl.edu/index.html" target="_blank">Ashfall Fossil Beds</a> is worth the side-trip.  My info is in the truck and I am in the trailer writing this in my jammies so my facts may be off but here goes.  The site was discovered in the 1970s and the park opened in the early 1990s. A cataclysmic volcanic eruption took places 12 million or so years ago which spewed ash a foot deep eastward into Nebraska.  The animals that were found at Ashfall  were seeking relief from the effects of breathing ash for several weeks in a water hole.  Here these animals succumbed to the ash and were buried in short order preserving whole skeletons in massive numbers.</p> <p align="left">We highly recommend the Ashfall Fossil Beds near O’Neill, Nebraska. The staff is very knowledgeable and the visitors center rivals any National Park Service facility.  In the Rhino Barn we spoke with a paleontologist who oversees the site and supervises students who intern there over the summer. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B-NBofM0RFg/Uihd2-_4uYI/AAAAAAAADKs/UaRJKr8nETg/s1600-h/P1040612%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040612" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040612" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jC4QbGtbY20/Uihd3odv-II/AAAAAAAADK0/430tX6w2Xy4/P1040612_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="311" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jtwv7hBIfrU/Uihd4_BvfRI/AAAAAAAADK8/u6hQh7sjo0I/s1600-h/P1040610%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040610" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040610" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r87Gr_wXr5k/Uihd5g-QK2I/AAAAAAAADLE/YVhWav55lqQ/P1040610_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="309" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-66c8Hb-N3dE/Uihd6sVBEkI/AAAAAAAADLM/b_6XQJ5pGF0/s1600-h/P1040606%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040606" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehCX4n5s-zOE91FPi4OIYm78J-6I-T2NIa522DSRlwWw058geaIuKgGwMUkeeH9Dt91Sh-Etwus9EGsOUeYiSV9GsQwiOozsq7Br8S-0wi92qFDgGmw6zoMNQin3EpSmvxWPYrm0fF1Vb/?imgmax=800" width="393" height="301" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7ozhWu6DddGrxxoDm4lBLkBa5OYE3nmeoN1Tma6Gs-kCkwvLMwu5aILPWRgHR6h1H_T-zu2F-po5Bo8nIKiDZjwikhJ4givSbea_lGxmeARkazMIYL-dPwMXKt-IzpYxgY8lL84Q4LW0/s1600-h/P1040608%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040608" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040608" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mbo69fZ9vJE/Uihd9GAkJBI/AAAAAAAADLk/qdj3xcFqABc/P1040608_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="305" /></a> </p> <p>After we got set up at Wacky West, we headed out to find Smith Falls and after about 30 minutes we arrive and took a half mile trek to view the falls.  It was well worth it.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pDHUIWf37iA/Uihd-HRDs6I/AAAAAAAADLs/d4jLdqnAGcc/s1600-h/P1040635%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040635" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040635" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-A6ZO28qQnpg/Uihd_HF8g_I/AAAAAAAADL0/JRBtle5J1uQ/P1040635_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="524" /></a></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a44cc9d2-d040-4dca-b0c1-fbf239536672" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Nebraska" rel="tag">Nebraska</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Ashfall+Fossil+Beds" rel="tag">Ashfall Fossil Beds</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Smith+Falls" rel="tag">Smith Falls</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-42173175314149456542013-09-03T20:25:00.000-05:002013-09-04T20:25:58.491-05:00Fremont Lakes Recreation Area, Nebraska<p>The closest campground to Cousin Bette was Fremont Lakes Recreation Area in Ames, NE.  All our preplanning did not pay off when we tried to find the campground.  Road signs were unclear as to where the campground was.  The telephone number we called was for an unoccupied entrance kiosk so no one answered our calls.  What can I say, we got confused.  We went down the wrong road and when we saw a 5th wheel stopped, the driver on the phone, we shrugged it off and went around him.  We saw a huge sign that said “Lake something-or-other” and went for it.  Big mistake.  We got the grand tour of a very ritzy subdivision.  Fortunately we didn’t get into what I like to call an “unfortunate situation” (a place where you either must disconnect the car if you are in a motorhome of back the trailer up). Through trial and error we found our way out of the subdivision thanks to a helpful lady bringing the garbage cans in from the street. </p> <p>We had a lakefront back-in site that we got in the first try and Jim and Sherry got a pull-through across from us.  The campsites were not clean.  There was bits of garbage scattered around, dog poop, and cigarette butts all over.  </p> <p>I didn’t even take a picture of the campsite.  The park is located around twenty sand pit lakes.  Some large enough for powerboats and water skiing and some that only allow electric boat motors or canoes and rowboats.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:60691cbd-9810-4b3d-8153-93d36b87d814" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Fremont+Lakes+Recreation+Area" rel="tag">Fremont Lakes Recreation Area</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-16676628365724173882013-09-03T19:59:00.000-05:002013-09-04T19:59:39.383-05:00Cousin Bette<p>Those of you who know me, know I have been working on family history and have a blog <a href="http://OurHuddledMasses.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Our Huddled Masses</a>.  In July I began a series of post on my Dad for the anniversary of his 100th Birthday.  </p> <p>While looking for information among the tons of things my Mom kept over the years, I rediscovered letters from my Uncle Jimmy, my Mom’s brother and from my Grandmother to Uncle Jimmy. He entered the Army September 1944 and was sent to Camp Van Dorn in Mississippi.  Uncle Jimmy left behind a pregnant wife.  He was not home for the birth of my Cousin Bette on December 4 1943.  He was home on furlough for her Christening in March of 1944.  That was the only time he saw her because in June of 1944 he was shipped overseas and in two months he was killed.</p> <p>We as I was saying, I came across the these letters again and I knew we were going to see Cousin Bette on this trip.  I compiled information about Uncle Jimmy from my research, from my Mother’s collection of documents and photos and these letters.  I scanned each letter and then transcribed it.  There were somewhere around twenty. I then made a 107 page book for her and had it printed and bound at Staples.  </p> <p>On Tuesday, we had them come to the campground for a late lunch and to present her with the book.  In addition I had a cedar box that had contained the letters, a pocket watch and the shell casings from the salute at his funeral.  For Bette’s daughter Cora I copied my genealogy files to a flash drive as she is interested in pursuing our family history. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DZ5UfNKz9Tk/UifXd96kRMI/AAAAAAAADKU/vOI4JF6sRZE/s1600-h/P1040585%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="P1040585" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRNKbYwQFuksgA-vTcSw2f7gldocrt4pr8mKEyTtzHz73ZFq4QTU1xK-whYkGABTJHfEX4yBjCahG-JRoVucvmEhgh6-3cD88DdDCpnDOwGlkSYfped65B0O9ET9gdwgoog6FzcV2aSsB/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Bette and husband Monte</p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-75067438483595220692013-09-02T19:26:00.000-05:002013-09-04T19:38:40.939-05:00The Amana Colonies<p>We said our goodbyes to the rest of our gang and we departed the Marshall-Putnam County Fairgrounds around 7:30 a.m.  We picked up I-80 and headed west.  It was a beautiful morning with mild temps and low humidity.  </p> <p>We stopped at Amana, Iowa, to do the touristy stuff.  </p> <p>The Amana Colonies is a communal society that dates back to 18th century Germany. (They are not Amish.)  A religious movement called Pietism advocated faith renewal through reflection, prayer and Bible study.  The group began meeting in 1714, to become known as the Community of True Inspiration. Persecution and economic depression forced the community to seek a new home outside of Germany, settling first near Buffalo, New York then finally on the Iowa prairie in 1855.</p> <p>Amana’s communal way of life fell victim to the Great Depression as it was seen as an obstacle to achieving individual goals.  Rather than see their community dissolve they changed. In 1932, Amana Society, Inc.,  became a profit-sharing corporation established to manage farmland and larger enterprises. Entrepreneurship was encouraged.  The Amana Church continues.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ASvoH8g3CtQ/UifSW8y41SI/AAAAAAAADIs/wwNxLX4LBxU/s1600-h/P10405676.jpg"><img title="P1040567" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUA-zt2SskXwLO1aP9dqefOBSiNSXOi4wTlxj1-Trv6BUXaoMJVLRV9SxB9JnzboAkUpw4hwjh1C9wXFsCMMpz3wkmUbtK3qsPLxs2ojXnfwzXp-69zyeWmpwN4jpvpJCTwbGu2U5PouG/?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p>After struggling to find a parking spot for two RVs (Amana is not particularly RV friendly), we happened on a lot adjacent to <a href="http://www.thevillagewinery.com" target="_blank">Village Winery</a> that would accommodate us. There we sipped some tasty offerings such as Dandelion, Rhubarb, Cranberry, Peach and Cherry wine. Then we promptly felt the effects as it was nearly lunchtime and we had not eaten.  So our next stop was Serena’s Coffee Café where we grazed on samples of salsa, noodles, olive oil, dips, dressings, steak sauce and mustard pretzel dip. That was after we ordered sandwiches.  The sandwiches were great.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDAWTLpOnJV1jGovc7be8ciMxRc3U9C-GDc3yubWzrBxVyTYi5ojeES-h1w5gcyDpB2qxVLld9zunpfk8ghejPt3FahHWlNrx-xcd9L32os5wW3vXHqKWvSeorJRaOe4TX5bTcdIhJaQY/s1600-h/P10405706.jpg"><img title="P1040570" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040570" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Gwf_2EWNowI/UifSZWCa1oI/AAAAAAAADJE/Xw9_X_SjLL4/P1040570_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="173" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1vkrS--BTGQ/UifSbau4YWI/AAAAAAAADJM/pf4tjfp3f5I/s1600-h/P10405716.jpg"><img title="P1040571" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040571" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7b3LXx5BQy4/UifScIILOdI/AAAAAAAADJU/qeX0GcQRYaY/P1040571_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsztShyphenhyphenKRspCCuKnBpd8h8lKjsxxRQDCSmSxE9aYa7AgxMl_bfng9lsGz7v4Ovf0RDJqLpVnehaHml9ra3-4_DLQbVdqXz3vKXjfTBISq5WK7vAm2T0OsO4Hx1TFq01Mrz9GEAB6LeLex2/s1600-h/P10405736.jpg"><img title="P1040573" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov2MnIETAJFYbdoBvXTMtTnmiWjkGlB4JqW4BwjiH6IVtED9SOC9Ea4_gW8LMVlNVSPyTDM363Ny7ChSWE85rM09AWTA1iLEHTyZcVNC1aBACUT_CJO-hh2mZxznBy9KnxyqlPefYCkH4/?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JliKeU2cGyY/UifSgN2UofI/AAAAAAAADJs/DngRRqShLJI/s1600-h/P10405766.jpg"><img title="P1040576" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040576" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-81QtftTmhoA/UifSgyKI3TI/AAAAAAAADJ0/4p_TM32Sf90/P1040576_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="173" height="229" /></a></p> <p>Other shops we visited were the Amana Woolen Mill, Millstream Brewing Company, Kitchen Sink, Schnitzel’s Ecke, White Cross Cellars, Amana Furniture and Clock Shop and Amana Meat Shop and Smokehouse, where Jim and Sherry purchased brats and buns for supper. Most of the shops were super pricy. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO87f0yoXFj3EbtOuhv0b_PkrXlSHaViNQyQim053Q0-vdlS5BEtR_hvA0RsgXRjgi7YuegaJfUdl51khMN0zMJ9td3WNvmIdZdl-j4UGuXVqVZ3QqhJ1HujAs_VqgbansiDnoT5PxRCRv/s1600-h/P10405776.jpg"><img title="P1040577" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040577" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TVX4fnAxHOc/UifSj63XJWI/AAAAAAAADKE/KFh7u013N-U/P1040577_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>We arrived at Kellogg RV Park in Kellogg, Iowa around 3 p.m. after stopping for gas at a very tight BP station.  The campsites are all pull-through and our sites have sewer as well as water and 50 amp electrical service—not bad for $20.  Oh, and internet if you want to hike to the office.</p> <p>We had cocktails before a nice meal of the brats, corn and melon. We invited Jim and Sherry’s “neighbor” over for cocktails.  He and his wife are from Michigan and are also heading to the Black Hills.</p> <p>It was a very cool day today.  A nice relief from all the heat.  It sure would be nice if it would stay cool for the balance of the trip.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:76803a6e-f486-40ac-bd6d-240d739ad4bb" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Aman+Iowa" rel="tag">Aman Iowa</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Kellogg+RV+Park+Iowa" rel="tag">Kellogg RV Park Iowa</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-68024810344360336502013-09-01T19:26:00.000-05:002013-09-04T19:35:10.541-05:00Boy is it Hot!<p>It was hot when we arrived here in Henry, IL on Wednesday. By the time we got set up we were pretty sweaty and out of sorts. I was so lazy from the heat that I didn’t even venture away from the trailer all day.  </p> <p>We did go out for dinner to Taco Rio, a local Ma and Pa eatery that serves Mexican fare.  Their claim to fame is the “Big Ass Burrito,” which, according to the menu is wrapped in a 14” flour tortilla. I chose a chicken Burrito, Jr. still way too big.  I didn’t like it as it had both white and dark chicken meat in it.  I am strictly a white chicken person.  I couldn’t finish it.</p> <p>Thursday brought some relief from the heat as it was overcast.  We took advantage of the lower temps and took a trip to <a href="http://www.tannersorchard.com" target="_blank">Tanners Orchard</a> about 20 miles away. In addition to apples they have baked goods, preserves, dips, spreads, corn salsa and produce.  They also have a limited menu of soup, sandwiches and a daily special in addition to turnovers, pies, apple donuts, etc.  They accommodate busloads of senior citizens as well as student field trips. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UcU2a7Up08c/UifRowWwpUI/AAAAAAAADHs/JCEQfXBryMc/s1600-h/2013-Aug-28_Illinois-Samboree_0309-c%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="2013 Aug 28_Illinois Samboree_0309 copy" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Aug 28_Illinois Samboree_0309 copy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLG4w6zNrq3_Pmb39xY-APrFrvwSAKOCMQ9V08YjAA36IFmBplFP0yIFoTI1nMkp9ZGMs5T-PO1HzBRXLMcCg9-veThHehcBq3YJv-Npn-YugGEok4v5yWM94COAm1_ZdYU3DTY-ICXFz/?imgmax=800" width="414" height="175" /></a></p> <p align="center">Above is a photo of our group. Four of us clustered around one utility pole and Jim and Sherry under the arrow.</p> <p>More hanging around the trailers in the afternoon.  We are fortunate to have a nice size maple tree next to our trailer. With the awning, the tree offers plenty of shade for the ten of us to get some relief from the heat.</p> <p>Then it was time to eat again and we were off to Lacon, IL to The Pizza Peel.  We discovered the Pizza Peel last year and we think it is the best pizza ever.  After that a stop at the local fudge/wine shop then home.  </p> <p>Three of us went up to the main building for the evenings festivities and drawings.  Carolyn won a Dairy Queen coupon.  Ours was one of only about a half dozen numbered chips remaining in the cage after the drawings.</p> <p>Friday was oppressively hot—99, 100, 101 depending on who’s thermometer you were looking at. Humidity levels were extremely high too.  I finally had to go in the trailer and lie down, the heat was making me sick. </p> <p>All day the temperature in the trailer crept up till it finally peaked at 80 degrees.  The air conditioner was working it’s hardest.  But a 20 degree difference I pretty good.  And it did feel good when you went inside. </p> <p>Activities continued throughout the day but we mostly stayed by the trailer.  Tom has been helping out with garbage collection in the mornings. He gets to drive a golf cart around to get the garbage.  </p> <p>They had a dog show on Friday but we didn’t enter ours.  It was so hot I felt sorry for the dogs dressed up in their costumes.  Saturday Tom participated in a golf game called Closest to the Pin but he came up short.  Get it, haha. </p> <p>Sherry brought greeting cards that she had made to the flea market.  They are really works of art, however, in previous attempts to sell them for a price that is more equal to the time and materials that were put into them, people just would not buy them.  It is a shame.  So Sherry was selling them at a huge loss yesterday.  </p> <p>We got up a team for bean bag baseball.  We had a really good inning-12 points.  But we were one-inning wonders.  It was fun, but no prizes this year.  Sunday we have a team entered in a trivia contest, we’ll see if we have better luck  playing trivia than we did at baseball or golf.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mN0wAcrfeI0/UifRq4IxbgI/AAAAAAAADH8/j_680hI3z3o/s1600-h/2013-Aug-31_Illinois-Samboree_03016.jpg"><img title="2013 Aug 31_Illinois Samboree_0301" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Aug 31_Illinois Samboree_0301" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X0mmrNaajDQ/UifRrgytB9I/AAAAAAAADIE/3x-NaNGHpnc/2013-Aug-31_Illinois-Samboree_0301_t.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>The theme this year was Hats Galore.  We thought about making some kind of decorated hats but found these little clip on hats at a shop in the Wisconsin Dells.</p> <p>Friday’s entertainment was  26 year-old, Matt Barber, who sang songs made popular by Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, etc. Saturday we had the Accordion Club of Peoria—they were quite good.  Sunday’s show was country singer, Mike Cruz. The canned background music was better than he was.  Enough said on that topic.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9XfJ215mDlA/UifRslIe4VI/AAAAAAAADIM/9RkmigtpvSc/s1600-h/2013-Aug-31_Illinois-Samboree_03026.jpg"><img title="2013 Aug 31_Illinois Samboree_0302" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 Aug 31_Illinois Samboree_0302" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Xiz0g2aj-dc/UifRtbahygI/AAAAAAAADIU/tFdHbKbfjTo/2013-Aug-31_Illinois-Samboree_0302_t.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="229" /></a></p> <p>Our gang got a team together for “Team Trivia”  and we won!!!  We each received a pin.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UacSNBEbJJg/UifRuYP-gDI/AAAAAAAADIc/Ad58ODigVXI/s1600-h/P104058012.jpg"><img title="P1040580" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040580" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Mb9RO1At1bw/UifRvEEO9vI/AAAAAAAADIk/avBldx7pbQk/P1040580_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p>We will get things pretty much packed up this afternoon as we will be leaving in the morning.  Next stop—somewhere in Iowa. </p> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-21885457678731098492013-08-28T05:09:00.000-05:002013-09-04T19:27:51.021-05:00That Darned Murphy<p>When it is 70+ degrees at 7 a.m. in the morning, you can bet it will be a scorcher. No surprise it was.  This is the first leg of our trip to the Black Hills.  Friends Jim and Sherry Schlultz are joining us in their motorhome.</p> <p>After getting hitched up at home we took off at about 7:15 to meet the gang at Flying J in South Beloit, IL.  Five of us  were to meet there and caravan down to the Illinois Samboree in Henry, IL. Four of us did meet but we were shy the one couple, the Schultzs.</p> <p>If Murphy (Murphy’s Law) was around, he was hanging around the Schlutzs. Sherry called us Tuesday afternoon to say one of their automatic leveling jacks had a broken spring and that Wednesday morning instead of meeting us at Flying J they would be heading to the RV dealer to have new springs put on that jack.  That is why there were only four of us caravanning together.</p> <p>While at the RV dealer Jim asked them why their brand-spanking-new Brake Buddy* kept cycling.  He was told it was probably defective and they would replace it, however, a new one wasn’t coming in until Thursday and the dealer would hold one for them and they can pick it up when they returned from the trip.  The faulty Brake Buddy would still work but would drain the battery more quickly. *A Brake Buddy is a braking assist device for the vehicle you tow behind your motorhome (Toads).  It is a requirement in many states usually for Toads weighing more than 3,000 lbs.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Q20Z09TG34U/UifQAl_1sHI/AAAAAAAADHY/JzjqcM0P5GQ/s1600-h/P10405786.jpg"><img title="P1040578" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P1040578" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aN1OfiiQOEU/UifQBVRiTHI/AAAAAAAADHg/YALVdbSL8f0/P1040578_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="304" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">You can see the window with the red tape was the first to be a problem then the one at the very top.  The guys were able to caulk the top window.  Jim used some super-duper tape on the other one.</p> <p>The four of us arrived at the Marshall-Putnam County Fairgrounds in Henry, IL at about 10:30 a.m.  We were escorted to a spot where the four of us could be together and got set up.  A short while later we received a call from Schultzs—they had more trouble and had to stop and tape one of their windows in.  The weather stripping came loose and subsequently blew off and apparently the weather stripping has a two-fold purpose.  One to keep water out and the other to keep the window in.  After taping up the first window they were on their way again. If that wasn’t bad enough, the weather stripping on a second window began to come loose. Finally they arrived at about noon and they got help from the guys with the windows.  Hopefully no more problems.  </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:acfc3bf3-593e-41e4-9473-d88379a6172c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Illinois+Samboree+2013" rel="tag">Illinois Samboree 2013</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-31613500903447075322013-06-18T07:53:00.001-05:002013-06-18T11:16:29.777-05:00IMHO or Reflections on the 2013 Good Sam Samboree<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVa-VT9Tumh7vGyjawvfbWSJK12z9jq2h5T0eY-BSOMYo3i43RomohuV90T_MC9oA8rWzIZkE_2xujLfWEp_1RaP3s9aprPUD2B8Hzju8uhYaGzxS9uaA1m_I87FrzDsvaBOnZMF1Ykpq/s1600-h/2013-WI-Samboree-Manitowoc11.jpg"><img title="2013 WI Samboree-Manitowoc" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2013 WI Samboree-Manitowoc" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgrK0YA9l1laqsAPA7EfEJw4-5k_bxs5cnQn2LJTsMpUc28I0iAmJ_2IjqezpiBvuVq3G9KK8KmNL_aFqC0wbWmr7sVch0LP4zK3CwO_6b2jNHQlg_Orc_Jx1LzQabAz-cI5vHXElOGfu/?imgmax=800" width="418" height="174" /></a></p> <p>Well, we have another Good Sam Samboree under our belt and while it was enjoyable, it was not great.  This was through no fault of the organizers of this year’s event.  When we first joined the WI Samborees could expect more than 250 units. This year there were less than 150. In years past there were vendors for clothing, RV parts and accessories, cookware, jewelry and RV dealers, too.  One year we even had shocks put on our motorhome at a Samboree. There were only three vendors this year.  It is not worth it to vendors to come and setup for 4 or 5 days when the promise of return on their effort won’t pay their expenses. Seminars were offered, but not nearly as many as in years past. </p> <p>While the benefits of joining the <a href="http://www.goodsamclub.com/whyjoin.aspx" target="_blank">Good Sam Club</a> are many, individual chapters are dwindling. Initially we joined so we would get out more with our RV, but we found great people in our chapter and we look forward to being with them at campouts and meetings.  Our chapter has been in existence for over 30 years, but even our numbers have gone down.  When we joined joined about seven years ago, we had more than 25 families and now due to members’ relocation, health issues, etc. our numbers are down to 15 families.  Good Sam Chapters need to entice more younger families, but how.  At this year’s Wisconsin Samboree, I saw only one young family.  </p> <p>In 2010, we traveled with friends out West and there attended a Samboree and found that many of the local chapters there have their monthly campouts during the week, thus insuring that young people cannot belong due to work obligations and school. And a crabbier bunch of old biddies you’ll never see.  In contrast, a Samboree we attended down South was friendly, welcoming and lively. As I remember, you got a real feel for the area. </p> <p>Good Sam/Camping World has a new CEO with some new ideas.  Hopefully he will help breathe new life into the Good Sam Club.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a14ea0c9-3fab-40fa-b43c-ac612e5fea93" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">BuzzNet Tags: <a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/RV" rel="tag">RV</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Good+Sam+Club" rel="tag">Good Sam Club</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Samboree" rel="tag">Samboree</a>,<a href="http://www.buzznet.com/tags/Wisconsin" rel="tag">Wisconsin</a></div> Sue Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14624177580227321381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196518827405084629.post-88051447780856061142013-04-12T10:35:00.001-05:002013-04-12T11:52:15.346-05:00Washington State Trip—1995—Part 3<p>Now it was time to head home.  That did not mean that there wasn’t something to see.  I do pity the folks that fly everywhere—they miss so much. Our itinerary for the drive home included: Mt. St. Helens, Multnomah Falls and following a portion of the Oregon Trail.</p> <p>We wanted to see Mt. St. Helens for several reasons. 1) For fourteen years I worked for a pharmaceutical company whose home office was in Spokane, Washington.  I remembered the first-hand accounts of the volcanic ash turning day into night, also, receiving shipments from Spokane covered with volcanic ash and the vials of ash that the folks there kindly filled,stoppered and sent to us. 2) Joe was born just 27-days after the volcano blew. and 3) The historic, natural and scientific significance interested us.</p> <p>On the morning of May 18, 1980, <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mountsthelens/home/?cid=stelprdb5199437" target="_blank">Mt. St. Helens blew her top</a>, killing 57 and literally devastating 230 square miles of forest. 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles of railways and 185 miles of highway were destroyed making it the most economically destructive volcanic event in U. S. history. Here is a brief video describing the eruption—<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs9nj9phpeQ&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Mount St. Helens Eruption Podcast</a>.</p> <p>Unfortunately for us, it was overcast and rainy so visibility wasn’t the best. Here are a few photos from our visit.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KHZqwqOpBB4/UWgpcBfI9KI/AAAAAAAAC5A/ccrAHwK-Dmc/s1600-h/Mt%252520St%252520Helens%252520Toutle%252520River%252520valley%252520as%252520seen%252520from%252520overlook%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mt St Helens Toutle River valley as seen from overlook" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Mt St Helens Toutle River valley as seen from overlook" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-A2-sWcN5l6w/UWgpcmcSIrI/AAAAAAAAC5I/lKQL5NElBbc/Mt%252520St%252520Helens%252520Toutle%252520River%252520valley%252520as%252520seen%252520from%252520overlook_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Toutle River valley as seen from overlook</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V2VO8XNU3jw/UWgpd1gvOLI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/XAyi7Kvxy-k/s1600-h/Mt%252520St%252520Helens%252520Clear%252520lake%2525204ft%252520diam%252520stump%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mt St Helens Clear lake 4ft diam stump" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Mt St Helens Clear lake 4ft diam stump" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0E8odJtzJPM/UWgpeizvWAI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/mTbjD4gT-d8/Mt%252520St%252520Helens%252520Clear%252520lake%2525204ft%252520diam%252520stump_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">4 ft. diameter tree stump left by the blast.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MHSiEMXthzU/UWgpfyUeCpI/AAAAAAAAC5g/4Rj_ESt_BdQ/s1600-h/mt%252520st%252520helens%252520miniature%252520lupine%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="mt st helens miniature lupine" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="mt st helens miniature lupine" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Sh0UH178IQg/UWgpg4laESI/AAAAAAAAC5o/zRQBXoT_nVk/mt%252520st%252520helens%252520miniature%252520lupine_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Miniature Lupine took a foothold in the hardened volcanic ash.</p> <p align="left">Next we visited Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge.  Multnomah Creek drops a total of 620 ft. in two steps, to create this beautiful site.  There are hiking trails and a visitor center.  It was easy to get to off I-84.</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h9OgZkvOgmE/UWgphdtqJzI/AAAAAAAAC5w/FgDn_UADAO8/s1600-h/Multnomah%252520Falls%252520oregon%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Multnomah Falls oregon" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Multnomah Falls oregon" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gSQiSjOTiq4/UWgpiAu4grI/AAAAAAAAC54/t_XSMdf_iq8/Multnomah%252520Falls%252520oregon_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="342" /></a></p> <p>We next followed the Oregon Trail as best we could diverting from the “I” when we could to view nearby landmarks. As we travel this land of ours in our modern-day “covered wagons,” we may forget the brave souls that risked everything for a better life. This same journey that would have taken 4 1/2 to 5 months by covered wagon can now be achieved in about four, eight-hour days.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bv6y9D-0fH0/UWgpje1XdwI/AAAAAAAAC6A/bzGdwQlrYT0/s1600-h/Oregontrail_1907%25255B19%25255D.jpg"><img title="Oregontrail_1907" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oregontrail_1907" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RJPsWQesSb0/UWgpjlMqZII/AAAAAAAAC6I/DQ0KfXU1S84/Oregontrail_1907_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="148" /></a></p> <p align="center">This photo is in the public domain.  See notation below.*</p> <p align="left">Almost 270,000 (depending on your source) emigrants trekked westward via the Oregon Trail and it’s three major off-shoots, the California, Bozeman and Mormon trails. The estimated cost per person was anywhere from $50 to $200 depending on what the person needed to purchase for the trip. Deaths were common and it is believed that between 10 and 20,000 individuals succumbed to the rigors of the journey for various reasons. </p> <p align="left">An excellent book on the subject is, <em>Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey</em>, by Lillian Schlissel. In an excerpt of an 1853 diary in that book, Maria Parsons Belshaw tallies graves and dead stock by day.  In a three-week period she has counted 68 graves, 5 dead horses, 4 dead oxen and 145 dead cattle. In that time period they had traveled 306 miles. Very sobering statistics.</p> <p align="left">As we sped along the “I” at 65 mph. we followed a similar path as the emigrants. Past the Dalles in Oregon, where wagons were floated down the Columbia on rafts.  Over the Snake River, which was particularly treacherous for the emigrants before the ferry was established. Casualties were common. Past Boise and American Falls,ID and to Fort Bridger, which was a major resupply point for emigrants. Here we diverged from the Oregon Trail and stayed on the “I.”</p> <p align="left">Our next stop was <a href="http://www.nps.gov/scbl/index.htm" target="_blank">Scotts Bluff National Monument</a>, which is off U.S. 26 on Hwy. 92, in western Nebraska.  The 800 ft. bluff served as a landmark, not only, to emigrants but also to Native Americans and to modern-day travelers.  This was a must see for us.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DQ_2NHDdKTA/UWgpkbwLq-I/AAAAAAAAC6Q/dv-ooPnKq40/s1600-h/Covered%252520wagon%252520at%252520Scotts%252520Bluff%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="Covered wagon at Scotts Bluff" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Covered wagon at Scotts Bluff" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sZIkb9BAhYw/UWgpkzpjH3I/AAAAAAAAC6Y/GaAVKp-dOaI/Covered%252520wagon%252520at%252520Scotts%252520Bluff_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="262" height="371" /></a></p> <p align="center">Scotts Bluff with Wagon reproduction</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uRjuyiaC_PQ/UWgpmH-LZCI/AAAAAAAAC6g/vEfYB_5jqrY/s1600-h/Joe%252520on%252520trail%252520at%252520Scotts%252520Bluff%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Joe on trail at Scotts Bluff" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Joe on trail at Scotts Bluff" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-l03HbSSMpNE/UWgpmm8COlI/AAAAAAAAC6o/QLU_0v7YtAk/Joe%252520on%252520trail%252520at%252520Scotts%252520Bluff_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Joe on trail at Scotts Bluff</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VI4iRRAYjus/UWgpn_ReKCI/AAAAAAAAC6w/_I_QSGEgiWs/s1600-h/wagon%252520tracks%252520at%252520Scotts%252520Bluff%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="wagon tracks at Scotts Bluff" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="wagon tracks at Scotts Bluff" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxQFah_HD04Nme2h4EcqAiFfca29CSTsRdTgmBUZFmOMJt33qR0DDCl2v80rEaXuJf7R1ZXnfWwDzv2OOdeTdwkXnAheMYT4Kf3T3t9uInM6RCQYMLVdn2i67ht4jpypkzsRkjnIQ98Vs/?imgmax=800" width="324" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Wagon tracks are still visible through Mitchell Pass at Scotts Bluff</p> <p align="left">Mitchell Pass was a major milestone for emigrants. The pass was located between two large bluffs and, although difficult and hazardous, it was the preferred route for many emigrants.   </p> <p align="left">Also along Hwy 92 were <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/scotts_bluff/chimney_rock.html" target="_blank">Chimney Rock National Historic Site</a> and <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/scotts_bluff/courthouse_jail_rocks.html" target="_blank">Courthouse and Jail Rock</a>, two more landmarks along the Oregon trail, both located to the east of Scotts Bluff.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L6V1KvRfsjs/UWgppzJSN6I/AAAAAAAAC7A/wQTdCXGd2zs/s1600-h/Chimney_Rock%25252C_Nebraska_-_NARA_-_294354.tif%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="Chimney_Rock,_Nebraska_-_NARA_-_294354.tif" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Chimney_Rock,_Nebraska_-_NARA_-_294354.tif" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tHFfcyxxTm0/UWgpqQ-0p8I/AAAAAAAAC7I/TbpSFmFUcKM/Chimney_Rock%25252C_Nebraska_-_NARA_-_294354.tif_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="306" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Chimney Rock</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4AhmAXwmY98/UWgpr0L6HxI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/bO9p9u7iw0c/s1600-h/Darton_1897_JailRock%252520public%252520domain%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Darton_1897_JailRock public domain" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Darton_1897_JailRock public domain" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-c9MZn78Ba2M/UWgpsO-WagI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/r_zqP48HgFo/Darton_1897_JailRock%252520public%252520domain_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jail Rock</p> <p align="left">At Ogallala we crossed the Platte River.  Platte means flat water and it is said to be a “a mile wide and an inch deep, too thin to plow and too thick to drink.”   The Platte River run the entire length of the state of Nebraska and the Oregon Trail paralleled it’s path.  For a great portion I-80 does the same.  So from Ogallala to Grand Island we followed the Platt River.</p> <p align="left">There are a lot of things to see along I-80 in Nebraska.  As we have been along this route many times and have seen these sites, we did not stop until we reached Grand Island.  </p> <p align="left">As I remember this stretch of the trip was un-Godly hot.  I don’t know how we did it.  I remember having all the windows in the RV open and no air conditioning.  Whether it was broken or the RV was not equipped with it I don’t know.  </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OtBTiFRIE7s/UWg7u1anEAI/AAAAAAAAC7o/XuKZtK1XhUY/s1600-h/Sadie%252520in%252520the%252520front%252520seat%252520trying%252520to%252520stay%252520cool%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sadie in the front seat trying to stay cool" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sadie in the front seat trying to stay cool" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tR9y5b7EM7o/UWg7vdXQjEI/AAAAAAAAC7w/K6pljrSz7wc/Sadie%252520in%252520the%252520front%252520seat%252520trying%252520to%252520stay%252520cool_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="319" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">Sadie trying to stay cool on the front seat of the RV with the windows open.</p> <p align="left">At Grand Island we stopped at a park in town and Sadie got to take another swim.  </p> <p align="left">The following day we were home.  </p> <p align="left"><font size="2"><img alt="Public domain" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/64px-PD-icon.svg.png" width="64" height="64" /> <br /><i>This image (or other media file) is in the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/public_domain">public domain</a></b> because its copyright has <b>expired</b>.</i></font></p> <p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.en"><font size="2">This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.</font></a></p> <p><i><font size="2">This applies to Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of <b>life of the author plus 70 years</b>.</font></i></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:480fdd05-46e5-40e3-b921-7ba7563a8b89" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; 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