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Nothing Like a Little Pressure!

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Roodriver

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Today's mail brought an item that added pressure to this neophyte blogger's effort. It was a brochure from South Dakota, delivered by our trusty rural mail carrier.

I know some of you are skeptical that a brochure from South Dakota has the ability to push a pressure point, but as you will see, South Dakota is no small travel task. We had planned on being in the Dakotas for two to three weeks and then moving on to Washington and spending a couple of weeks there, but that has gone down the drain.

Unless I miss my guess, the Dakotas will take at least a month, and that appears to be moving at a fast pace. As an example, are you aware the ranch where Teddy Roosevelt moved after his wife died is a national monument? I didn't even know it was in the Dakotas.

The big thing for me is all of the Native American sites, which we have heard about for most of our lives, are there for the experience. I would really appreciate comments from anyone from the Dakotas or from those that have visited the area. Let's see, there is Mount Rushmore and Sitting Bull and ....

Okay ( the old high school English teacher would skin me for using that word), now our carefully laid out trip, which we so dutifully wrote in Jell-O, has to be replanned. I think the smart thing to do is to hit the lower part of South Dakota on the way back in the fall. We had talked about seeing Yellowstone on the way back, so a little zag up through South Dakota would be doable. I understand there is a not to miss scenic road going North from Yellowstone, so if you have any knowledge about it, please let us know.

The next entry will cover how we plan a trip and some of the resources we use. Around our neck of the woods, trip planning is similar to backing into a campsite in the dark. For you guys out there, the secret is to say, "Yes maam" and just make the trip last longer. Works every time.

Hope to see you down the road.

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tbutler

Roodriver,

Regarding your query about the road North out of Yellowstone: We drove that road coming in from the North several years ago (2004 to be exact). At the time they were resurfacing it, chip seal. We had chips all over our toad and I never drove faster than 15 MPH. What a mess. :rolleyes: That project should be done by now. Yes, the scenery is great! :D It is a two lane road, not too much truck traffic.

One of the little surprises is a visitors center for the landslide that occurred during an earthquake that struck the area in the 1960's. The whole hillside collapsed and buried a number of campers and others. If you are interested in geology, this is a must see. You park on the parking lot (plenty of room for RV's) next to boulders larger than your RV. These came down from the mountainside on the other side of the valley. It could scare one out of the mountains if you thought about it too long! :D I remember reading the Readers Digest articles about this event when I was in high school.

There is a nice section along the lake formed by the landslide when it blocked the stream in the valley. There are fishing spots along the drive if you are so inclined. We spent the night boondocking at a rest stop near one of the fishing spots. There wasn't much traffic on the road through the night.

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Roodriver

Definitely interested in geology. When we were in Texas, we picked up a book "Roadside Geology of Texas". I wonder if they have one for Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Sounds like I'm going to do a little business with Amazon.com. Are you aware that there is a good deal of volcanic activity in Yellowstone right now? I guess I also need to check out the fishing license requirements out there. Thanks for the info Tom.

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