Saturday, May 24, 2025
After a stormy night of sleep on Wednesday night, Thursday night May 15th we all slept well and awoke ready to move on down the road to Custer, SD. Our campground, Big Pine, was just a short distance away from Custer State Park. After we got both RVs set up, we went to a recommended Mexican Restaurant in town, for a late lunch, early dinner. By then the sun had finally come out and it was a beautiful afternoon so we decided to do a trip around the Custer wildlife loop before dark. Max and Anne had been looking forward to this park since the visit in 2014 was so good. We began this trip by seeing lots of prairie dogs that we had not been able to see at Roosevelt due to the rain. Custer just does not disappoint. If you are ever anywhere in the area it is definitely worth your time. The badger we saw this trip was just icing on the cake.
Saturday we first went to breakfast at a local diner and bakery. We had eaten their sticky buns in 2014 and knew we had to visit them again. Next, we had to do some of the mundane stuff you do when you travel in an RV. Anne and Debra did laundry while Max and Randy looked for some parts needed for a repair on Lizzy, Randy and Debra’s travel trailer. Now for more fun, we went to Mt Rushmore to take in the sculptures on the mountain and do some hiking around the park. Mt Rushmore was still on shoulder season schedule so there were no Rangers to give talks or share their knowledge of the park. We had to walk around and read the various informational boards. That’s one of the drawbacks of the shoulder season but the advantage is that we didn’t have near the crowds that will be there after Memorial Day. We all made a trip back to Rapid City to get the last needed part for Lizzy later in the day. It was a good visit to the Custer area.
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