Tag: south dakota

  • Buffalo appear in the rear view mirror along a road in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

    The Black Hills In My Rear View Mirror

    The buffalo calves were being born on the cold prairie when I arrived to volunteer at Custer State Park in mid-April. Three and a half months later, spring has morphed...

  • Beautiful mountain lake with rock formations and Black Hills in background.

    Early Spring in the Black Hills

    After tolerating the cold while exploring Nebraska, I eased into South Dakota just as the weather moderated slightly and started resembling early spring. Well, that really did not last more...

  • 6 Months in 60 Seconds

    6 Months in 60 Seconds! Click above image or here for the 60 second video: 6 Months in 60 Seconds! I closed on the sale of my house on June 15,...

  • Bear Butte State Park

    Radio Interview

    Feels like I have spent nearly the entire summer in South Dakota, and this last week both pushed my comfort zone and added to my unique experiences. I was interviewed...

  • Black Elk Peak

    Black Elk Peak

    The Sioux Lakota Native Americans know it as a wazipan – a place where a person can visit and later leave completely fulfilled both physically and spiritually. It is a...

  • Sioux Falls

    Habitat Wrap

    Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanners The two weeks volunteering with Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanners in Brookings, South Dakota was both fulfilling and exhausting. Fulfilling in the sense of focusing...

  • South Dakota State Parks Camping

    Circle SD

    South Dakota State Parks Camping I have circled the state of South Dakota finally landing in Brookings and I’m going to do it one more time before leaving. Not real...

  • SD Driver Lilcense

    WHY SD?

    Mechanics of Life on the Road Destination South Dakota – but why? If you are curious about the mechanics of life on the road, the starting point is establishing a...

  • Dignity

    Reaching Rapid

    Destination – Rapid City, SD My destination was the Black Hills in western South Dakota, and it was time to get there. I headed north out of Iowa and turned...