Category Archives: South Dakota

We spent Saturday morning driving the roads through Custer State Park, with a side trip into Wind Cave National Park. The bison were penned in, I know, but it didn’t feel like they were — those parks are large. Western … Continue reading →

The first stop on our Flagrant Spontaneity Tour was Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The name means “beautiful fork,” but we didn’t go into any restaurants to see if this was appropriate. Somewhere I had read that there was a monument … Continue reading →

Spearfish Canyon was one of the “must see” places on all the lists of Black Hills attractions, and it was our main objective for the day. The long construction zone — and the wait we had to endure to get … Continue reading →

Deadwood is known for being a bawdy, decadent town during the 1800s. Not much has changed. It celebrates sin, but in a tired, listless, pathetic way rather than in the glamorous, exciting, flashy way that Vegas does. We went mostly … Continue reading →

On Friday morning, we headed north. This meant that we weren’t going through Custer and couldn’t eat at Baker’s Bakery. On our way through Hill City, we happened upon the Hill City Cafe. It wasn’t fancy, but the food wasn’t … Continue reading →