After being away, we jumped right into a day of adventuring. After the kids and I did Bear Butte, we ate lunch, picked up Scott and took off for Mount Rushmore. Rushmore has never been on my must-do list but it was on my “if I’m ever in the area…” list. We really enjoyed it….
It was only 48 hours away, but if felt so good to get home. Don’t get me wrong – I enjoyed myself. I successfully received half of our shipment but there was a mix up and our storage never made it to me. The saga isn’t over yet. Then I had a lovely quiet…
Here we are at the pre-programmed pause point. We knew when we left Colombia that I would need to spend a few days collecting our belongings in mid-Sept. We considered heading south from Maine when we started but with Jody AND Lorna and lots of other folks due west… the decision was easy. As…
We’re doing Badlands National Park in a big way. We’re spending a few nights in the area to give us time to explore and hike and soak up some prairie. We first hit the northeast entrance. Who needs this?! Seriously. Before anyone freaks out, we were stopped to let some…
I’ve read about petrified wood but hadn’t seen any. Ditto for Scott. When we saw a sign for a petrified wood garden just outside the Badlands, our thought was, “Eh, why not?!” It was $12 for the both of the us, the kids were free. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. The walk started with…
