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South Dakota’s Custer State Park
Custer State Park preserves 71,000 acres of some of western South Dakota’s most stunning granite […]
Jewel Cave National Monument & Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota’s Black Hills are home to two of the longest and most complex caves […]
George S. Mickelson Trail: Rail-to-Trail Hall of Fame
The George S. Mickelson Trail in western South Dakota is a trail rich in history […]
South Dakota’s Black Hills
The Lakota call them Paha Sapa, “hills that are black”. From a distance, the Black […]
South Dakota’s Spearfish Canyon National Scenic Byway
During a September 1935 visit to Spearfish Canyon, visionary architect Frank Lloyd Wright described the […]
Devils Tower: America’s First National Monument
During our Fall 2021 adventures, we visited Devils Tower National Monument. The Tower is a […]
Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains & Cloud Peak Wilderness
Continuing south from Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area on our fall 2021 adventures, we spent […]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Part 2: Trails & Historic Ranches
During our fall 2021 adventures, we spent eight days at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. […]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Part 1: Introduction
If it weren’t for my quest to visit all the National Park Units in the […]