theodore roosevelt national park
Our last major stop of the trip turned out to be my favorite. After a freezing cold, windy, and rainy day before, we couldn’t have asked for better weather for the day we hiked at Teddy Roosevelt. Continue reading theodore roosevelt national park
book review: the long road home by lori wick
The Long Road Home (more like The Short Road to the Insane Asylum) by none other than the infamous enabler Lori Wick. I don’t often read Lori Wick books, I leave this particular hell to Catherine. But, I was bored so I said, pick a Lori book and I’ll read it. She chose a horror that she hadn’t read. Continue reading book review: the long road home by lori wick
driving through Montana
We drove up to Medora, North Dakota through Wyoming and Montana with the intention of visiting Makoshika State Park in Glendive, Montana. Unfortunately, the weather was just not good and we couldn’t do the hike to see the dinosaur bones in the rock. Was this the biggest disappointment of my life? Yes. I drove most of the route through Montana. At first, it was rather … Continue reading driving through Montana
devil’s tower national monument
After spending the night in Spearfish, we headed up to Belle Fourche, the center of the 50 States. This was Catherine’s requested stop, and it was a monument in town with a log cabin. She said that an old guy in the cabin asked where we were headed. When she told him Devil’s Tower, he responded, “It’s worth it. It’s right up there with The … Continue reading devil’s tower national monument
spearfish canyon & deadwood
Our last full day in South Dakota proved to be one of my favorites! Continue reading spearfish canyon & deadwood
book & movie review: pride and prejudice
I’m not recapping this book cause if you don’t know the main premise of it you must live under a rock or went to public school . So I’m just gonna give you some of my thoughts and observations. This book seems to flesh out most of the characters pretty well compared to Austen’s other books. Usually with the side characters you don’t get a … Continue reading book & movie review: pride and prejudice
custer state park
It was time for us to spend a day hiking in Custer State Park. We’d selected hikes that were short, and we felt good about it. Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into… Continue reading custer state park
wind cave national park & mt rushmore
After Mass, we headed to Wind Cave. Once arriving at Wind Cave, we took our pic with the sign, then stopped at a prairie dog town! I was enchanted. Continue reading wind cave national park & mt rushmore
badlands national park
After visiting De Smet, we drove across South Dakota, which is no small feat. It’s a huge, undeveloped state. I think we drove through maybe three towns the whole way to the Badlands. Continue reading badlands national park
little house historic sites: de smet, south dakota
We were planning our trip to the National Parks of North and South Dakota and one of us had an idea to look up Little House sites in the area. Catherine did the research and we found two different places to go: De Smet and Walnut Grove. Continue reading little house historic sites: de smet, south dakota
Mellow Musings 