June 5, left the Black Hills heading for Minnesota through the Badlands National Park.

Sightseeing Rushmore & Crazy Horse

It was a misty, nasty day trying to see the Crazy Horse mountain sculpture that is still in progress. It is so large that all of Mount Rushmore will fit on Crazy Horse's head. The trip through the mountains to Mount Rusmore was interesting with the one lane tunnels and twists and turns.

Wildlife closeups

We've enjoyed the close up views of the wildlife.

Black Hills Trail ride

Had a great ride. You can see one of the buffalos in the background of the guide on the paint horse.

Broken Arrow, South Dakota

June 3, we arrived at Broken Arrow RV and Horse campground in the Black Hills of South Dakota. That night it became misty and dreary and the mountains disappeared and temperatures in the 50's. Weather improved so Ken and I enjoyed a 2 hour horseback ride from Bluebell Lodge stables through beautiful mountains, crossing numerous rocky creeks and watching wildlife; had to detour from the trail because the buffalo refused to move. Ken's horse, Big Jon, made him look like a jockey.

June 2, Tues., evening

Arrived in Custer, South Dakota at the Broken Arrow RV (and horse camping) campground, (Where is Chica when I need her??) overlooking the Black Hills mountains of South Dakota. En route from North Platte, Nebraska, we encountered antelope, buffalo, wild turkeys, prairie dogs, mule deer, narrowly missed a white tail deer and its friends. We are experiencing electrical difficulties with the trailer and will have to call in an electrician to locate the problem. It may be the same problem we had at home and at Lake Texoma. However, we still have battery lights, gas powered refrigerator and heater and our small generator. No need for the air conditioner. Temperature at 5:45 pm is 44 degrees (that's Fahrenheit). It is wonderful. People here are complaining. We met a couple from Iowa who are very disheartened with the cold and are looking for summer. It was a beautiful drive through amazing rock formations getting here. Reminds us of New Mexico, north of Santa Fe. Looking forward to exploring the area the next few days.

Tues., June 2

Left Houston, Sunday, May 31, at 6:00 AM as scheduled. Arrived at Lake Texoma, Texas Oklahoma border at 2:00 pm. The Alberta Creek "Resort" didn't live up to its image due to the lake being 6 feet above normal level. Trailer pad was washed out with ruts, ramps to docks were flooded, floating Marina Cafe closed and inaccessible, and we lost electric service Monday morning. Sooooo, we left with extra days and headed for Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota.
Monday, drove through Oklahoma, Kansas and across Nebraska, spending the night in North Platte. Saw beautiful farmlands and fields through Kansas and miles and miles of alfalfa, corn and wheat waving in the wind. It really does. This trip consisted of observing Canadian geese, pheasants, more deer than we could count and surviving very scary loud rain/hailstorm as we crossed through the cold front coming down. No place to hide from it on the flat plains and interstate. Luckily no damage to truck or trailer.