Our Silo came down

Vacation

 just a glimpse to the past week....It  was  great to get away  but  much better  to be back  home!   We  began our  vacation  by heading to Hill City SD to  ride the  1880 train  into Keystone... Beautiful ride!

 One of the  young men that came with us  on the trip with  his father  had a  birthday while  we were there,...I called ahead  and  got  him  an ice cream cake... Made me feel good to see  him  grin  like this..it was worth  every calorie  I  took in  (laughs)

 This is what  the  pickup  and trailer  looked like  before we departed...quite a load  huh!

 I love the smell of the  fresh  pine in the  hills

 I used to live in Custer  SD before   I got married.   Sylvan Lake was always  my favorite spot to go to  and  still is  out there.......

 Took a trail  behind   Sylvan lake  and some  young  men  were  rock  climbing

 Hidden stair case   you get to  pass through   to get back to the lake

 Once we  got back to the  front  a mom and   nine  babies  greeted  us near the  shore line.

 Hubby did  a lot of grilling  for us.................

 One of the  South  Dakota  Wild flowers

 This is Spearfish  Canyon............Lot of people  out  fishing  for trout here.... GORGEOUS  area

 the   rapids were   running  decent that  morning

 Keystone SD   where  we stayed

and no trip to the  Black Hills  is  ever  complete  with out  Mt  Rushmore!


More to come  later  in   another  post.