Today was a day of remembrance. We decided to so something we have never done in honor of Barry’s mom. Mary Ellen was a fun loving person who liked to do practical jokes. We took an amazing helicopter ride over the Black Hills, circled around Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, saw many lakes, Eye of the …
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Aug 15th
Barry and I went to the Crazy Horse Memorial today. They are working on the arm and horse now. The gentleman, (his name is on the bronze plate on first picture) was asked by the Indians to sculpt this project in the 30’s. He and his wife have 10 children. They worked along side of …
Aug 14th
Barry and I played 9 holes of golf today at Tomahawk Country Club. It is a fun course to play. We are not sure what the purpose of the hose was, Photo opportunity! We did see a 8 point buck and at another hole, a doe. Guess whose ball, birdie!! Then, we saw a redtail …
Aug 13th
Happy lefthanders day! Another day of seeing this beautiful, amazing country we live in. The weather has been in the 70’s and 80’s in South Dakota. Great weather for hiking. This is the first morning we woke up to 40 degrees weather, burrr!! Barry turned the fireplace on to warm us up. Then, we have …
Aug 12th
Barry is always up early to see the sun rise, not me. He shares his pictures with me, and then I with all of you. We had a 35 minute drive to see Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. As Barry drives through the Black Hills Forest, we saw beautiful mountains with ponderosa, a few aspen pines …
Aug 10th & 11th
Barry and I went into Medora, walking around checking out the shops. The Post Office had bird houses made from cowboy boots with a license plate for the roof. Craft idea!! We found St. Mary Church; oldest catholic church in the Bismarck diocese. They have mass at the community center only on Saturday from May …
Aug 9th
We drove to Theodore Roosevelt North Loop a little over an hour long. Barry was hoping to see Long Horned sheep standing on a cliff. We would had a better chance if we were there during early morning. We did see a bison herd and other amazing sites. I did find cute little flowers blooming …
Aug 8th
We decided to stay at Boots campground once we realized our truck and rv would not fit on the site at Cottonwood Campground. So, our dry camping has been postponed for the moment. We started our day travelling through the south loop of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.Barry and I took a hike to the river …
Aug 7th
We are on our way this morning, for more great adventures. Heading west to Medora, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I heard from Gail and Les, friends we met in Mandan, to travel the Enchanted Highway on our way. We saw huge fields of sunflower crops. We stopped at the Painted Canyon Visitor Center …
Aug 6th
While we waited for UPS to deliver our new converter, Barry and I began preparations for our first real dry camping experience. We found a very nice laundromat in Bismarck. Then, visited Walmart for groceries. We drove by the Capital building of North Dakota. In Mandan, there is a wooden sculpture. Peter Wolf Toth has …
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