Tag: 1880s Town

The Milky Way

This photo was taken with Greg’s cell phone camera, which is better than mine. He may have even caught a meteor, although it might have been a satellite.

Last night, Greg and I decided to try our hand at photographing the Milky Way. Greg had been spending his free hours researching the best way to do it, and he was eager to try out what he had learned.

All we have are our cell phones and tripods, so we probably won’t be able to get professional level quality, but I think we did a good job so far.

We should have many more opportunities in the coming weeks to try again.

Of course, before you get the stars, you get the sunset.

1880s Town

One of the items on our itinerary for when we were in Hill City had been to take the 1880s Train from Hill City to the 1880s Town.

As it turned out, last night we stayed about a quarter mile from the 1880s Town. I had no idea that we were going to be so close when I made our camping reservation.

So after hitching up the trailer this morning, we headed over there to check that off our itinerary (the town, not the train).

This guy was making bullets in the saloon.
They had lots of memorabilia from the movie Dances with Wolves.
There was a museum packed with so many artifacts and antiques from the late 1800s that it was overwhelming.
Each building in town contained a veritable treasure trove of historical relics.

I imagine that a history buff would be in heaven here. Sadly, I am no history buff. The town felt very authentic to me, though, and I enjoyed that.

In the middle of our tour of the town, we stopped into the Santa Fe Train Diner to have an early lunch. The food? Blech.

Larsson’s Crooked Creek Resort

We are now at our campsite in the Black Hills area of South Dakota. We have a “presidential” site, complete with our own covered patio, Adirondack chairs, and a gas fire pit.

We will be here a week to see everything we can see in the Badlands and Black Hills area.