Blogs from Keystone, South Dakota, United States, North America - page 3

Today was work day for everyone. Shelby and I blogged the first part of the day, and the Leta and Barbara did the wash and cleaned. That afternoon Shelby and I cooked on the grill for the travel days ahead of us. We grilled two whole chickens, a rack of ribs to be eaten on the 4th because you have to have ribs on the 4th, pork roast to be made into pulled pork, Johnsonville Brats, and cheeseburgers for supper that night.... read more

Today was a day to catch up a little on the blog, cook for the upcoming week, relax before heading out again.... read more

Today traveled from Wall, SD to Spokane Creek Campground, Keystone, SD. Arrived after an uneventful day, set up, and had some of Jack's wonderful chicken dumplings. Iron Mountain Road rivals The Tail of the Dragon in Fontana, North Carolina in the number of curves per mile and also has switchbacks which change your driving direction by 180 degrees.... read more

Before leaving Deadwood yesterday, we stopped to see one more Kevin Costner attraction. Costner created an amazing museum as a memorial to the Bison entitled the Story of the Bison complete with bronze sculptures. We then travelled to our home for the next 4 days, Holy Smoke Resort in Keystone, SD. After checking in, we headed to see the Rushmore Borglum Story Museum. A fantastic collection of items that tell the story of Gutzon Borglum's life. A little know fact is that Borglum spent several years in San Antonio in the 1920's and at least one of his sculptures still exists there close to the Witte Museum. His studio was in the Mill Race building in Brackenridge Park next to the golf clubhouse. BTW, that very building was restored by Joe Stubblefield & Richard Mogas in ... read more

Today was supposed to just be a driving day, but that changed quickly as we got closer to our target of western South Dakota. The first third of the state was boring - it reminded me a lot of rural southern Minnesota, which itself looks like most of Iowa, western Illinois, Indiana, Ohio.... You get the point. But then the scenery changed rapidly. We were transported to a new world where the farms gave way to rolling green hills and picturesque sights. What a change! We also saw our first New Jersey car in Sioux Falls when we stopped for a short lunch break. Strangely enough, they had connections to Lake Hopatcong too! It's funny who you can meet as you drive across the country. As we continued driving, we decided to take a short detour ... read more