Shuffy's Are Exploring Again: July 20-21

As we drove south into South Dakota, I worried a little about the campground Bill chose (I usually pick them). It had a website but they couldn’t send emails (yikes). I use the email confirmations to remind me where we are staying and for directions. And we were out of data so we had to use our phones sparklingly (yikes again). Bill seemed to know where he was going. He said it’s near Crazy Horse, so off we wet. As we got closer, we got deeper into the Black Hills,

Then we turned into our campground and met the owner, very friendly and thanked us for coming. What a beautiful setting and we could see Crazy Horse from the campground. We took a relaxing hike on the campground land, with Lenny off leash and found several ponds. Bill, you done good!

Now it was time to explore. First was a drive through Custer State Park on the wildlife drive. Look at the herd of Buffalo we found ... on the road! Yes we were that close to them! Had to wait about 20 minutes for them to get off the road.

Next we saw the friendly donkeys.

After that excitement, we decided to drive the Needles highway, a scenic twisty-turns road. We had ridden this road on our motorcycles several years ago and wanted to experience it when we could pY attention to the scenery. There are tunnels on this road that is really narrow.

Lenny even got a chance to stop and take a dip in a little stream.

Those rock spires are called Needles, hence the name Needles Highway.

I can’t stop taking pics of this beautiful scenery.

Next we decided to stop at the Crazy Horse Memorial. A lot has been worked on since we were through this way about 10 years ago but there is still lots to be done. The family of Korczak Ziolkowski are continuing his work and vision. What a commitment.

While there we saw some Native American dancing. So colorful and so much energy.