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| View from the Hill Top |
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| Hill we Hiked |
Friday 8/23 we got up with no real plans, then decided to head out for a hike. Packed up some water and snacks and off to find Boulder Point. On the way we stopped and got a sub, then headed out to a nice picnic site, then back to Subway to use the rest room. All this time we kept missing the road we wanted, but on our last try, we finally found our road. It was a beautiful ride up to the parking area and we took our time getting ready, but decided we were going to do the hike. We hiked for about 1.5 hours, thinking we were lost, when we finally ran into some youngster (probably in her mid 20's) and she told us we were on the right trail and soon we would be facing another hill we would think twice about climbing. She did advise us to keep going, the journey was worth it....just take lots of breaks on the hike. Well she was right, it was steep, but the final destination was well worth the hike. The view was absolutely breath taking. We take a break at the top and then head down....some how it seems steeper on the way down than it did on the way up...was it the anticipation?? We take a nice break when we get back to the car the head off to home. No grill parts, so hot hogs and beans for dinner. Early night, we were both in bed by 10:00.
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| One of the Many |
Saturday morning while Brad was walking Rudy he actually ran into a couple(the William's) that we had gone through Freightliner Camp with. What are the chances of running into someone 1000 miles from where you met and they were headed south and us north. Anyway the William's had gone to Custer State Park on Friday and didn't see any Buffalo or other wild animals, so we almost decided not to go, but that was the plan, so off we went. We headed out, arriving at the park about 11:00. We stopped at the visitors center and spoke with the one volunteer who told us where the buffalo were, and where to stop for lunch on our way. We drove about 1 hour, stopped for lunch then on the road again. We almost missed the road we wanted, you have to pull into the horse stable area, then take a right (confusing), but we found it. Much nicer ride, not as many cars, but boy were there ever buffalo. We stopped at the first few we saw and took some pictures but down the road and around the corner the were a lot more. After seeing the buffalo, we did find a single pronghorn antelope, then a prairie dog village, they were cute and a lot smaller that what I thought they would be. On the rest of our drive we saw a couple of lone buffalo, a herd of pronghorn (too far away to take pictures), but no Big Horn Sheep. Back home, grill parts arrived(yea), grill back together and the last of the sausages for dinner. Lazy evening, walking around the campground, just hanging out.
Custer Park Trip:
Sunday was another nice day, but extremely hot. We talked to Tom and Carolyn Williams then headed to Rapid City, via a RV dealer for some light bulbs but they were closed, so we headed into town for a stroll. Naturally by the time we got there it was lunch time so we had to find a place to eat. The Fire House Brewing Co, an old fire house converted into a brewery, was a nice find. Brad had the('Spontaneous Heating) (a spicy gumbo featured on the Rachael Ray show) and I had the Gorgonzola soup and salad with Beer Bread, both were very good. Rapid City is know for having statues of all the presidents on the street corners in town, some of which we saw and the center town park was absolutely beautiful. About 2:30 we decide to head back to Hill City to spend the rest of day and look for a few souvenirs. As we were leaving we stopped and did our daily geocache, then had pork chops and veggies for dinner.
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