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The Heritage Hill neighborhood, where we currently reside, is Grand Rapid’s oldest residential district with more than 1,300 homes dating from 1844. We are currently living on the third floor of a home built in 1870. The entire neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is...
What is a Yooper you may ask? A Yooper is what people who live on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) are called. It’s a play off of the word Uppers. Yoopers call anyone who lives on Michigan’s mainland, trolls (because they live under the Michigan bridge) or flat-landers. Dale took a...
We had to get back to Custer State Park one more time before leaving South Dakota. We first visited the park on June 19, four days after our arrival. Two days later we went back for a short hike, picnic and maybe swim at Sylvan Lake. But it still wasn’t...
Mondays have turned in to our hiking days. Shortly after Dale gets off work we go to a trail that is not too far away that will give us the biggest return for our effort. Buzzards Roost was just such a trail. It’s less than 10 miles away and the...
Towering limestone cliffs and rushing mountain streams was our focus this past Saturday when we headed northwest of Rapid City to the start of the Spearfish Scenic Byway. I discovered this 19-mile stretch of beautiful scenery while researching the area. There were a handful of waterfalls and a couple of...
I think July 4, 2025 will be etched in the minds of many, many Texans as one of the worst days of their lives. Early that morning flash flooding hit the Hill Country causing catastrophic damage and loss of life. They are still looking for the missing. We have followed...
We have less than a week left in Rapid City before we head even further north. Just about the time we get to know our way around, it’s time to move on! This past Sunday we visited the Journey Museum, which gave us the history of the area. Mining, buffalo,...
The Black Hills versus the Badlands — totally opposite ends of the spectrum. Since arriving in South Dakota on June 15 we’ve been surrounded by the “foresty” goodness of the Black Hills. However, this past Saturday we headed east to the Dakota Badlands. I can state unequivocally that I prefer...
An island of trees in a sea of grass is how some describe the Black Hills. Though I would amend that to include mountains with those trees. The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range primarily located in southwestern South Dakota. They are about 125 miles long and 65...
Mount Rushmore – the reason so many people come to South Dakota, including us! So it only makes sense that our first sightseeing adventure would start here, plus it’s only 30 minutes from where we are staying in Rapid City. Evening Lighting Ceremony Our first visit was on Wednesday evening...
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