+ taco nite at Dave and Julie's

Keystone

Lunch at Jane's Boardwalk Pizza

Hill City

+ supper at Trent and DeAnn's

+ Ice cream stop at the Game Lodge gift shop before riding the Wildlife Loop

ran into Custer for some hardware for minor repairs

Chapel in the Hills, Rapid City

Lunch at Murphy's Grill

Mike with Franklin Pierce

Black Hills H-D

Attending the naturalist program at the Tatanka theater

Tonite: Stargazing

First campfire with Trent, DeAnn, Mike, and Colleen

Mike and Colleen arrived this AM

+ moved to our site in Custer State Park yesterday

Had a long lunch in Rapid City to wait out a storm before finishing our trip here. Cell service in the park is poor.

+ Enjoyed an evening ride thru the Badlands with the cool air

 

 

 

+ toured the 1880's Town

This artifact seems to show the MGWA editor at his job in an earlier time! . . . how old is this dude?

Dave and Mickey enjoy a surrey ride around town

chanced upon this duel on main street

Dave seems to give a wide berth to the Marshall's office and jail

looks like these guys are at their happy place

 

+ visited an underground minuteman missile silo

About 600 missles were deactivated and destroyed in 1999, all the ones in South Dakota, leaving one silo and control bunker for educational and historical purposes.

Stopped by for our annual photo-op with Dino

He's been restored since last year

Walked back to Wall Drug for ice cream

Lunch at the Rock Lounge

Ellsworth AFB

You may be wondering why I called you into my office

 

+ did a drive thru the badlands