Originally posted by Jeff Yarchin: We did not. It's on the list for next year.
It is awesome (Jewel Cave). I have been through that area many times in the 70s on family road trips. It is truly one of the most beautiful regions of the USA. Even "tacky" Wall Drug is cool to me. I remember reading Wall Drug signs from over a thousand miles away, as we approached South Dakota in the family station wagon. (like the old Burma Shave signs from the 50s) No air conditioning and fighting with my little sister in the back seat. My wife has never been. Need to get back there. Love your pictures. Most people don't take the side excursion to Devils Tower. Very cool. Next time consider routing through Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, if you have the time. That is also a great park to visit.
Cool trip, hope it was fun. Did the dogs have a good time?
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You're right, it is amazing country. There are a lot of interesting sights and people in the Dakota's and Wyoming. I made pretty much the same trip on the motorcycle a number of years ago.
Jim
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^The Black Hills themselves aren’t bad in January, it’s when you get out onto the windswept plains on either side that things get dicey. We lived in Gillette, WY for a few years, but my territory took me to Edgemont, SD on the southern edge of the Black Hills frequently. I often took the “long way home” through Wind Cave National Park. Pringle, SD is a place I could easily have a cabin.
Something so cool about driving though a herd of pure breed bison in Wind Cave NP.
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Beautiful area! I've been there several times, and on top of Devil's Tower once via the Soler route. Made it almost to the top of Needle's Eye on Needles Highway.
My first trip there was in the late 70s on a round-the-country hitch hiking trip. Went through the area during bike week!
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