Blogs from South Dakota, United States, North America - page 8

Who doesn't love a road trip? Well...little Emmett, as it turned out................... Fortunately, our son and daughter-in-law anticipated his angst and loaned us their second car. Apparently Em indulged in a " whine-on-a-loop" for several hundred miles, with an occasional nap thrown in, to preserve his parent's sanity :) My hubby and I had a peaceful time and enjoyed the openess and virtual emptiness of the North Dakota plains. Miles and miles of wheat fields and grassland for grazing cattle were actually a beautiful sight. I love anything remotely ' quaint' and we came upon a delightfully 'old-world' general store, literally in the middle of nowhere ! We had a rest break, sitting on the front stairs, sipping cold drinks on a fiercely hot afternoon. The landscape gradually changed to hills, as we neared South Dakota ... read more

Fun fact: public nudity in South Dakota is not illegal. Unfortunately I had not packed any body paint so was unable to take full advantage of this legislative opportunity. Others had more foresight than I, and so there were interesting 'outfits' to be observed on the streets of Sturgis. But I'm getting ahead of myself. There are 600kms to ride from Cody to Sturgis, 300 of them in the rain, over mountains. And a flat tire. We start with the flat tire. We had new tires fitted in Cody and when we went to leave on Thursday morning I wondered why I couldn't turn my front wheel. I thought I'd left my steering lock on. Turns out our friendly tire fitters had pinched the tube as they fitted the tire and it had gone flat as ... read more

Sorry the blogs have not appeared daily. We have very limited cell service and have had no WiFi for 2 days. We are in Riveton, WY this evening, so I am attempting to catch up. On Tuesday, we left the Badlands on an adventure that we had not planned originally. Any of you who know Tim, know that he likes to get off the interstates & take the "Scenic Routes." We wandered our way to the Southwest, including over 50 miles of gravel roads, to see what we could see. We met our goal--saw buffalo roaming all around, herds of 50-100 head. We also saw prairie dogs, prong horned antelope, cows & calves, and of course the vegetation became greener. Oh yes, we also saw 3 cars, one of which was over the edge, without tires ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Je crois qu'aujourd'hui, c'est la première fois, depuis mon départ, que j'aurais eu du mauvais temps toute la journée. Un jour sur 62 je ne vais pas pleurer. Il y a 2 ans je devais être aux environ de 45 jours de pluie. Malgré la pluie, la journée à été très agréable et diversifiée. Un peu de interstate (autoroute) ce matin sur 50 km, jusqu'à Moorcroft, ou en parallèle il y a des voies de chemin de fer, avec des trains de charbon, que j'ai estimé à 200 wagons. J'ai raté en photo la mine à ciel ouvert, qui était gigantesque. A Moorcroft, je prends une petite route pour me rendre à la Devils Tower. Sur l'autoroute il y avait très peu de circulation, mais maintenant je suis quasiment tout seul. Je me ... read more

Today we found we have another low tire so we put a hold on the site seeing to find a tire shop. We dropped the tire off at a local tire shop and went thrift shopping. We found the Twilight movie that Daisy read on this trip, a lot of cool t-shirts for Daisy and finally a new camera. We got to go to a sit down lunch at Perkins which was a nice treat. We then picked up Mandy and headed to Custer State Park, it was $20 to get into the park and was already 5 pm so we opted to drive thru and take our own scenic drive. It seems that this area follows its own set of rules, all the other South Dakota State Parks are $6 and none of the other ... read more