The Black Hills are baking! Rapid City is 99 degrees as we pull into town. Just stopped by the Visitor Center to get some information for camping. We’re gonna head into the Black Hills and try to find a site. Thought about swimming…the information lady said the water’s about 45 degrees…doesn’t get up to 50 until August or so.May have bad news on the horizon: word is that the Mt. Rushmore Fireworks may be canceled because of the dryness in the surrounding hills. We’ll keep you posted. Plans for tomorrow are to hike a bit and then Hardy shows up. After that, check out the area including Custer State Park, Badlands, and maybe Devil’s Tower on the way to Jackson.
The picture is one of many abandoned little farm houses out here in South Dakota…they’re kind of neat to see…kind of eerie as well. Keeping with the Kevin Costner theme that has apparently overtaken the early part of our roadtrip (see Field of Dreams), we’re in the same areas used for Dances with Wolves. Of course, SD is also home to Little House on the Prairie!
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Did you know your mother Loves Black Hills Gold? See if you and Tom can dig some up.
Tell "Hardy" the other Hardy says hello. Good thing you made plans, because relying on him for an agenda would not have been wise.
You should have toured one of those abandoned farm homes.
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