October 23rd 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Sioux Falls
I am working and living in Texas right now, teaching prairie ecology at an outdoor education camp to 5th graders from the Dallas area. The prairie is beautiful, but extremely muddy with all the rain ... 10 photos [full story]

August 16th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota
We rose to sunny clear skies and calm winds, quite a contrast to last night's thunderstorm. We went back to the campground and were happy to find our tent intact, albeit having collected many cupfuls ... 15 photos [full story]

August 15th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Badlands
We left Minneapolis/St. Paul around 10 am and got to Badlands around 5:45 pm. South Dakota was very green, mostly flat with small rolling hills. But the scenery was mostly monotonous until we got to ... 8 photos [full story]

October 7th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Mount Rushmore
Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota Devils Mountain National Monument in Wyoming ... 57 photos [full story]

October 8th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota
Wind Cave NP has a beautiful park with plenty of wild live and the 4th biggest cave in the world. Impressive. But the visit of the cave itself was nothing special. Just the "boxes" and that's it. O ... 43 photos [full story]

September 26th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Sioux Falls
WOW someone from Penske was smart enough to let me drive the truck to Sioux Falls. The best part....the check engine light never came on. Oh well Jethro and Jimbob said there was a problem. Atleast ... [full story]

September 26th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Spearfish
Ok...so stopped about 1 hour before Spearfish to buy gas. I had been driving with the gas light on for a while. Then as I am coming to a stop the check engine light comes on. I fill it and check al ... [full story]

September 20th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Black Hills National Forest
I'm sure my traveling companions have already apologized for the lack of entries, so I won't. We've just been having a bit too much fun with too few hotspots available. It falls upon me to discuss wit ... [full story]

September 26th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Badlands
The Badlands have been (so far) my favorite part of our days and nights in camp. The scenery is truly desolate, but in a way that reflects “organized chaos” rather than man-made destructio ... [full story]

September 20th 2009  North America » United States » South Dakota » Badlands
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: 2009 GREAT WESTERN ADVENTURE WEEK SEVEN: CUSTER , SD TO BARABOO , WI Tuesday, July 07. After checking out of President Harrison’s Cabin we drove into Custer to a little bist ... 25 photos [full story]