2017 Badlands National Park and Black Hills South Dakota
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Needles Highway Scenic Drive.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Needles Highway Scenic Drive.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Sylvan Lake. Trail head for path to Black Elk Peak. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Elk_Peak
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. There's evidence of pine beetle damage in several areas along the trail.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Further up the trail you cross from Custer State Park into the federally designated Black Elk Wilderness. There is a small pole-mounted box with forms to fill out granting yourself a federal permit to enter the wilderness. The white copy goes in a slot most people can't find.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View along the trail.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View along the trail.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View along the trail - including pine beetle damage.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View along the trail - including pine beetle damage.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Note the pine beetle channels.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View east along the trail. The large massif in the center right is the west (back) side of Mount Rushmore.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The fire tower at the peak.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View southeast from near the peak.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The fire tower.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Behind this marker are the ashes of Valentine T. McGillycuddy, the first white man to climb the mountain July 24, 1875. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_McGillycuddy
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View from the peak looking southwest.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View from the peak looking south.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View from inside the fire tower looking northwest.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View from the peak looking west.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Stopping for a snack at the peak out of the blasting wind.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The eponymous Needles from the peak.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Prayer flags at the peak.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The large massif in the center left is the west (back) side of Mount Rushmore.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. View from the trail.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The soil is a dry, hard packed sand that glistens in the sunlight.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. The soil is a dry, hard packed sand that glistens in the sunlight.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak. Meadow near the lower end of the trail.
September 18, 2017 - Custer State Park. Hiking up Black Elk (Harney) Peak.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. Early morning visitor.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. Early morning visitor.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. Early morning visitor.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. Early morning visitor.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. Our little cabin in the woods.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. The neighbors.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. The visitors center and nearest 'dining' to our cabin.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. The visitors center and nearest 'dining' to our cabin.
September 19, 2017 - Custer State Park. Custer State Park, Legion Lake cabins. The visitors center and nearest 'dining' to our cabin.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. View towards the cemetery overlooking the Big Foot's camp and site of the massacre. Four Hotchkiss guns were mounted on the ridge. See: https://goo.gl/Exy6L4
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. Site of Big Foot's camp and the massacre.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The cemetery monument.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The cemetery monument.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The cemetery monument.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The cemetery monument.
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
Lost Bird was a child who survived the massacre. See: http://sdpb.sd.gov/Lostbird/summary.asp
September 19, 2017 - Pine Ridge Reservation and the Memorial to the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The cemetery monument.
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