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

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

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

Note – I originally published this post but Wordpress was making it look really weird and nothing I was doing would fix it. So here’s the second attempt – let’s see if it works. Continue reading ranking all the national parks service sites i’ve visited

We weren’t sure if we would go to Fort Sumter or not on our trip to Charleston, but I’m glad we did. Continue reading fort sumter national monument