FUN-travel: Black Hills, SD – Custer State Park
August 8, 2018 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Black Hills, SD – Custer State Park
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway – 2nd leg – Wildlife Loop Road in Custer State Park
- One of the largest state parks and famous for its bison herd…
…a variety of wildlife, scenic drives…& historic sites…
Where the Buffalo Roam!
…encompassing 18 miles of open grasslands and pine-speckled hills.
FUN-fact – This was President Coolidge’s 1927 “Summer White House.”
More FF – Custer is South Dakota’s largest and first state park, named after Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
FUN-travel: Black Hills, SD – Mt Rushmore & Loop Drive
August 6, 2018 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Black Hills, SD – Mt Rushmore & Loop Drive
- Mt Rushmore – iconic 60-foot sculpted granite featuring faces…
…of presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington…
…Thomas Jefferson & Theodore Roosevelt…
…symbolizes the ideals of freedom, democracy & the American dream.
- Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway – 1st leg – Iron Mountain Road –
…17 miles long from Mt Rushmore to Custer State Park…
…includes tight hairpin curves, spiral “pigtail” bridges…
…3 single lane tunnels & redefined what a road could be.
FUN-fact – South Dakota conservationist, Governor and U.S. Senator Peter Norbeck wanted to share the unspoiled beauty of the Black Hills with others. But it was of utmost importance to him to do it responsibly. The result is a 68-mile series of twisting roads that carefully tiptoe through the Harney Range of the central Black Hills, leaving very little impact on the surrounding environment.