July 15th, 2015
Waking up in the Black Hills National Forest for the last day was bitter sweet. My last day planned to be mostly driving, I wasn’t excited, but ready to take it slow and meander about. The first stop was Deadwood, a town that turned out to be 90% casinos. With a visitor center that was […]
July 14th, 2015
One thing I really wanted to do on this trip was minimize back tracking or driving the same road multiple times. It seems like that has sufficiently failed during my time in South Dakota, but I can’t say I’m terribly mad. Also, given that I’ve stayed in the southwest corner of the state for the […]
July 11th, 2015
Finding “home” in darkness will never be easy. Obvious signs shrouded by oncoming head lights, sketchy dirt roads being private, and horrible maps with no scale or markers all make the task its own dilemma. Thankfully I did slightly plan ahead by download a map of America to my phone before the trip, knowing that […]
July 11th, 2015
Waking up next to the highway again. One week/state down. The semi-trucks racing by don’t seem to bother me any more. Though I spent every night “illegally” camped, thanks to LNT and common sense, I survived this time. Then, I hit the next hurdle. My glorious plan of flying by the seat of my pants, […]