Backpacking the South Dakota Centennial Trail | Day 4 | Samelias Mountain Area to Gold Standard Gulch | Saturday, May 1, 2021 Read about Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 Day 4 of our backpacking adventure began with a short trek up to the highest point of the Centennial Trail. The trail doesn’t…
Backpacking the South Dakota Centennial Trail | Day 3 | Iron Creek Campground to Samelias Mountain Area | Friday, April 30, 2021 Read About Day 1 / Day 2 We awoke on day 3 with enough energy to take on another day. Today’s hike would take us all the way through the Black Elk Wilderness…
Backpacking the South Dakota Centennial Trail | Day 2 | Custer State Park to Iron Creek Campground | Thursday, April 29, 2021 Read about Day 1 here We awoke around 5:30 AM after a quiet and uneventful night of rest. I somehow had enough energy and motivation to get up right away and go brave…
Backpacking the South Dakota Centennial Trail | Day 1 | Wind Cave National Park to Custer State Park | Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Our first night of camping in South Dakota was the quietest night of camping we’ve had in a long time. There was no wind, no traffic, no birds, no sounds from nearby…
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail; instead, we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t…
Hiking in Niobrara River State Park | October 2020 We had an interesting night camping beside the Missouri river. The wind picked up and shook the tent throughout the night. Big fish flopped around all hours of the night, and some fishermen arrived and put their boat in the water here sometime between 2-3 AM….