Please excuse the mess; we have been re-tooling our website. For the past several weeks in fact I have been working on that map you see above, essentially tracking down all the GPS points for every photo, and trip location we have taken for the past several years. It has been a fun walk down…
View MoreApart from miles of mind-numbing highway, the I-90 is a driver’s delight, full of attractions along the way. Some of the most famous attractions that drivers enjoy along I-90 include the Wall Drug Stores, with Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Corn Palace and Framboise Island thrown into the mix. Traveling the I-90 is a great byway…
View MoreThe World’s Only Corn Palace Built in 1892 in Mitchell, South Dakota, the Corn Palace was created to dramatically display the products of the harvest of South Dakota’s farmers, in murals on the outside of the building. The murals are made from thousands of bushels of corn and other grains and grasses such as wild…
View MoreToday, Saydie and I wrap up our National Parks & Monuments tour, and we head down to Merriam Kansas, to connect up with Jen for a few days before heading back to Texas to get Saydie for her first year at Texas A&M University. This has been a great trip and as I look at…
View MoreBadlands National Park is in South Dakota. Its dramatic landscapes span layered rock formations, steep canyons and towering spires. Bison, bighorn sheep and prairie dogs inhabit its sprawling grasslands. The Badlands Loop Road (Highway 240) winds past scenic lookouts. Several trails begin near the Ben Reifel Visitor Center. The Fossil Exhibit Trail is a boardwalk…
View MoreThe Lakota are a Native American tribe. Also known as the Teton Sioux, they are one of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people. Their current lands are in North and South Dakota. Saydie and I were trying to use the south entrance to the Badland’s which would take us through the reservation land,…
View MoreWe passed Scenic as we made our way to the south entrance to the Badland’s National Park, Scenic is now considered to be a ghost town. The town was purchased in 2011 by a church in the Philippines for about $800,000. A number of the buildings are still standing, including the Longhorn Saloon, the outdoor iron…
View MoreToday, Saydie and I took off to Wyoming and Devils tower which not to far over the border. It was a beautiful day out, and we enjoyed the drive through Deadwood, and down Spearfish Canyon. In the town of Spearfish we met up with I-90 and headed west. Devils Tower National Monument, a unique and…
View MoreSaydie and I are heading to Devils Tower today, and our route takes us through historic Dead Wood. Deadwood, South Dakota was once one of the liveliest mining camps in the country after gold deposits were found which led to the Black Hills Gold Rush. Unlike other popular mining camps, Deadwood never died when the…
View MoreAfter leaving Deadwood & Lead, Saydie and I head down Spear Fish Canyon towards the city of Spearfish. Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 10,494 at the 2010 census. The City of Spearfish was established in 1876. Gold fever brought people to Spearfish and the City began…
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