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Post by thunderhawk on Aug 17, 2019 12:08:57 GMT -6
When we went to SD before, my 2005 van was just a baby in 2006. Now it’s got 222,020 miles on her. I hope she holds up. That’s faith.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 17, 2019 12:29:17 GMT -6
When we went to SD before, my 2005 van was just a baby in 2006. Now it’s got 222,020 miles on her. I hope she holds up. That’s faith. Hopefully there’s a Toyota dealer in Grand Rapids.
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Post by Stan's Field on Aug 17, 2019 14:46:13 GMT -6
Grand Rapids?
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Post by Ginger on Aug 17, 2019 14:58:38 GMT -6
Sorry, Rapid Cory. You know what I meant. I may also accidentally refer to Mount Rushmore as the Washington monument so I’ll just stick to “the four heads”. Going to check out the corn palace shortly. I’ll post a pic. Just a drive by.
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Post by Earl Slick on Aug 17, 2019 16:08:58 GMT -6
Sorry, Rapid Cory. You know what I meant. I may also accidentally refer to Mount Rushmore as the Washington monument so I’ll just stick to “the four heads”. Going to check out the corn palace shortly. I’ll post a pic. Just a drive by. I’ve never even heard of Rapid Cory before. Sounds like a low rent Bob Feller.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 17, 2019 16:18:46 GMT -6
Sorry, Rapid Cory. You know what I meant. I may also accidentally refer to Mount Rushmore as the Washington monument so I’ll just stick to “the four heads”. Going to check out the corn palace shortly. I’ll post a pic. Just a drive by. I’ve never even heard of Rapid Cory before. Sounds like a low rent Bob Feller. Good grief. Rapid City. Corn Palace
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Post by thunderhawk on Aug 17, 2019 18:04:21 GMT -6
I’ve never even heard of Rapid Cory before. Sounds like a low rent Bob Feller. Good grief. Rapid City. Corn Palace View AttachmentIt's corny, yet cool.
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Post by twinlaker on Aug 17, 2019 18:53:32 GMT -6
Where are you staying exactly? How many days? Fuck... We will arrive in Custer tomorrow but are leaving today. Probably drive to the Badlands and stay the night there somewhere and noodle around there before we head to Custer. We come home next Saturday. Don’t get any ideas...the house is being watched. We are staying here: www.elkhavenvacationcabins.com/en/597307/galleryCome on over. Looks nice Freaky. Have fun!
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Post by Stan's Field on Aug 18, 2019 7:58:18 GMT -6
I’ve never even heard of Rapid Cory before. Sounds like a low rent Bob Feller. Good grief. Rapid City. Corn Palace View AttachmentFuck that place too. Fuck all those God damn billboards. Seriously though, have fun. Get some red ass rhubarb wine. It's overpriced but delicious.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Aug 18, 2019 11:48:38 GMT -6
When we went to SD before, my 2005 van was just a baby in 2006. Now it’s got 222,020 miles on her. I hope she holds up.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 19, 2019 12:56:13 GMT -6
Well finally got to Custer yesterday evening. Saturday after we got through Chamberlain, I was checking the radar as I knew there was supposed to be some severe weather at some point. So sure enough there’s a huge storm developing ahead and tracking right for us. The warnings about it was that it had golfball size hail and 60 mph winds. As it was getting closer you could see the huge rolling shelf cloud. I suggested we just pull off to a small town to the north and wait it out. Big D Just wanted to wait it out under a highway overpass. Then he decided he would just go south to avoid it and go back west and then north back to 90. So we headed south. It was 42 miles to the first highway you could turn back west. All in all it was a 100 mile detour to get back to 90. The damn storm kept developing further south so we still were tying to out run it the entire way south. It was a very hilly and curvy road. Pretty scenic really. We finally headed west with the storm only about a mile north of us. Came across a 2000 acre sunflower farm which was pretty nice to look at.
One we got back on 90 another storm developed and went through some very heavy rain which is always fun on the highway. Made it to Wall and we spent the night there. Went through the Badlands Sunday and eventually made it to our place in Custer Sunday evening.
Big D likes rocks and so do the kids so we plan to hit some rock shops. If you know of some good ones let me know. Where we are staying there are rocks everywhere. Big chunks of rose quartz and other stuff. There is mica everywhere and the soil just sparkles with it.
We went to that Red Ass winery, Ice. You are absolutely right. That rhubarb wine was delicious. There were two kinds. One with strawberry and one with raspberry. We bought both. Let me know if you want some and I’ll get it for you. They ship. It was a good way to relax after driving all day and listening to two teenagers argue about who gets what bed.
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Aug 19, 2019 15:07:03 GMT -6
Hey Red, check out the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in Hill City. They have all kinds of cool rocks and fossils.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 19, 2019 18:20:45 GMT -6
Hey Red, check out the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in Hill City. They have all kinds of cool rocks and fossils. We will do that. Thanks.
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Post by Stan's Field on Aug 19, 2019 18:45:27 GMT -6
Well finally got to Custer yesterday evening. Saturday after we got through Chamberlain, I was checking the radar as I knew there was supposed to be some severe weather at some point. So sure enough there’s a huge storm developing ahead and tracking right for us. The warnings about it was that it had golfball size hail and 60 mph winds. As it was getting closer you could see the huge rolling shelf cloud. I suggested we just pull off to a small town to the north and wait it out. Big D Just wanted to wait it out under a highway overpass. Then he decided he would just go south to avoid it and go back west and then north back to 90. So we headed south. It was 42 miles to the first highway you could turn back west. All in all it was a 100 mile detour to get back to 90. The damn storm kept developing further south so we still were tying to out run it the entire way south. It was a very hilly and curvy road. Pretty scenic really. We finally headed west with the storm only about a mile north of us. Came across a 2000 acre sunflower farm which was pretty nice to look at. One we got back on 90 another storm developed and went through some very heavy rain which is always fun on the highway. Made it to Wall and we spent the night there. Went through the Badlands Sunday and eventually made it to our place in Custer Sunday evening. Big D likes rocks and so do the kids so we plan to hit some rock shops. If you know of some good ones let me know. Where we are staying there are rocks everywhere. Big chunks of rose quartz and other stuff. There is mica everywhere and the soil just sparkles with it. We went to that Red Ass winery, Ice. You are absolutely right. That rhubarb wine was delicious. There were two kinds. One with strawberry and one with raspberry. We bought both. Let me know if you want some and I’ll get it for you. They ship. It was a good way to relax after driving all day and listening to two teenagers argue about who gets what bed. What rock shops are there? I guess I never really thought about it much when people are talking about them. To me I always assumed they meant the tourist traps who sell the little bags of colored stones. There was a chocolate shop in Hill City my wife liked, and I actually ordered her some truffles from there for X-mas one time............ha.....she ate like one and decided she didn't like mint and chocolate together anymore, because pregnant........fml. That mica shit is everywhere though isn't it. My neighbor actually just got back from Sturgis and he surprised us with a bottle of regular and a bottle of strawberry. They have raspberry rhubarb too? It's almost gone already and it just showed up yesterday.. Thanks for offering though.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Aug 19, 2019 19:44:21 GMT -6
When I was in college we took a vacation to the Black Hills. It was me my gf, my two sisters and their BFs and my parents. It was about a vagillion degrees but someone in the group (dont remember who) just had to go up to the top of Harney Peak. It's only a 3.5 mile hike but it was fucking hot. So I stuck a silver bullet in a coozy and buried it in the bottom of the backpack with water and snacks. So we get to the top and everyone is sweating balls. Somehow my dad got backpack duty and hauled It all the way up. So everyone grabs their waters and snacks and shit and my dad asks me ifn I want a water. I said "no but I could really go for a beer". My dad says "who the fuck would be dumb enough to carry beer all the way up here". I rummaged around the backpack at his feet, pulled out the beer and said "you were dad". Best beer ever.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 19, 2019 19:56:42 GMT -6
Well finally got to Custer yesterday evening. Saturday after we got through Chamberlain, I was checking the radar as I knew there was supposed to be some severe weather at some point. So sure enough there’s a huge storm developing ahead and tracking right for us. The warnings about it was that it had golfball size hail and 60 mph winds. As it was getting closer you could see the huge rolling shelf cloud. I suggested we just pull off to a small town to the north and wait it out. Big D Just wanted to wait it out under a highway overpass. Then he decided he would just go south to avoid it and go back west and then north back to 90. So we headed south. It was 42 miles to the first highway you could turn back west. All in all it was a 100 mile detour to get back to 90. The damn storm kept developing further south so we still were tying to out run it the entire way south. It was a very hilly and curvy road. Pretty scenic really. We finally headed west with the storm only about a mile north of us. Came across a 2000 acre sunflower farm which was pretty nice to look at. One we got back on 90 another storm developed and went through some very heavy rain which is always fun on the highway. Made it to Wall and we spent the night there. Went through the Badlands Sunday and eventually made it to our place in Custer Sunday evening. Big D likes rocks and so do the kids so we plan to hit some rock shops. If you know of some good ones let me know. Where we are staying there are rocks everywhere. Big chunks of rose quartz and other stuff. There is mica everywhere and the soil just sparkles with it. We went to that Red Ass winery, Ice. You are absolutely right. That rhubarb wine was delicious. There were two kinds. One with strawberry and one with raspberry. We bought both. Let me know if you want some and I’ll get it for you. They ship. It was a good way to relax after driving all day and listening to two teenagers argue about who gets what bed. What rock shops are there? I guess I never really thought about it much when people are talking about them. To me I always assumed they meant the tourist traps who sell the little bags of colored stones. There was a chocolate shop in Hill City my wife liked, and I actually ordered her some truffles from there for X-mas one time............ha.....she ate like one and decided she didn't like mint and chocolate together anymore, because pregnant........fml. That mica shit is everywhere though isn't it. My neighbor actually just got back from Sturgis and he surprised us with a bottle of regular and a bottle of strawberry. They have raspberry rhubarb too? It's almost gone already and it just showed up yesterday.. Thanks for offering though. I think we just went by that chocolate shop. Lots of fudge in the window. Ate at a cafe in Hill City. No cheap places to eat, even for substandard food. Went to Reptile Gardens today and Bear Country. Kids like animals so they liked that. It was pretty warm and I hadn’t ate since breakfast so felt pretty shitty by the time we left. The rest of the week is supposed to be cooler so looking forward to that!
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Post by NOTTHOR on Aug 20, 2019 7:11:51 GMT -6
When I was in college we took a vacation to the Black Hills. It was me my gf, my two sisters and their BFs and my parents. It was about a vagillion degrees but someone in the group (dont remember who) just had to go up to the top of Harney Peak. It's only a 3.5 mile hike but it was fucking hot. So I stuck a silver bullet in a coozy and buried it in the bottom of the backpack with water and snacks. So we get to the top and everyone is sweating balls. Somehow my dad got backpack duty and hauled It all the way up. So everyone grabs their waters and snacks and shit and my dad asks me ifn I want a water. I said "no but I could really go for a beer". My dad says "who the fuck would be dumb enough to carry beer all the way up here". I rummaged around the backpack at his feet, pulled out the beer and said "you were dad". Best beer ever. How hot was it? Down nyah, once you get to 2,000 feet or so, the temp goes down a pretty significant amount and once you hit 3,500 feet, it'll top out in the high 70's. Are the black hills like the rest of the Great Plains/Midwest in that they defy all logical rules of weather?
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Post by A boy named Sioux on Aug 20, 2019 8:19:21 GMT -6
When I was in college we took a vacation to the Black Hills. It was me my gf, my two sisters and their BFs and my parents. It was about a vagillion degrees but someone in the group (dont remember who) just had to go up to the top of Harney Peak. It's only a 3.5 mile hike but it was fucking hot. So I stuck a silver bullet in a coozy and buried it in the bottom of the backpack with water and snacks. So we get to the top and everyone is sweating balls. Somehow my dad got backpack duty and hauled It all the way up. So everyone grabs their waters and snacks and shit and my dad asks me ifn I want a water. I said "no but I could really go for a beer". My dad says "who the fuck would be dumb enough to carry beer all the way up here". I rummaged around the backpack at his feet, pulled out the beer and said "you were dad". Best beer ever. Like we all dont know the plot of the eiger sanction. Nice try. Ben Bowman: Wanna Beer? Jonathan Hemlock: You gonna call room service? Ben Bowman: We got beer. Jonathan Hemlock: If you hauled beer up this rock you're insane! Ben Bowman: I may be insane, but I'm not stupid. I didn't carry it, you did! It's in your pack. Jonathan Hemlock: Christ, I ought'a throw you off this pillar! Besides, it's warm. Ben Bowman: Oh I'm sorry, I thought you'd draw the line on haulin' ice.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Aug 21, 2019 11:39:35 GMT -6
1) this story would have been markedly most better if ur sex trophy would have had to shit on a road side cactus in a lightning storm.
2) only puddles drink wine coolers.
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Post by Stan's Field on Aug 21, 2019 13:20:18 GMT -6
Puddles breh?
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Post by thunderhawk on Aug 21, 2019 17:34:07 GMT -6
So I'm on top of a 14er last week and this dude pulls out an IPA. Good idea bro. A super hoppy brew at 14K ft is just gonna do wonders for your impending altitude sickness. This wasn't a terribly dangerous summit, relatively speaking, but it was a taxing climb, and the descent is when most people get fucked up, as you've got gravity exacerbating the situation.
On another more exposed summit (we're talking thousand foot dropoffs if you wander off the edge,) I get to chatting with this dude who informs me that maybe this isn't such a good idea, as he's terrified of heights. Well, just focus on the next step, I told him.
I assume he made it down safely. I mean more power to him for the immersion therapy, but Christ Almighty.
Climbing mountains and exposing yourself to all of the variables of an alpine environment is dangerous enough when you're not fucking around or irrationally terrified. I'm never surprised when I read of people falling to their deaths taking selfies. Frankly I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
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Post by Stan's Field on Aug 21, 2019 18:19:51 GMT -6
So I'm on top of a 14er last week and this dude pulls out an IPA. Good idea bro. A super hoppy brew at 14K ft is just gonna do wonders for your impending altitude sickness. This wasn't a terribly dangerous summit, relatively speaking, but it was a taxing climb, and the descent is when most people get fucked up, as you've got gravity exacerbating the situation. On another more exposed summit (we're talking thousand foot dropoffs if you wander off the edge,) I get to chatting with this dude who informs me that maybe this isn't such a good idea, as he's terrified of heights. Well, just focus on the next step, I told him. I assume he made it down safely. I mean more power to him for the immersion therapy, but Christ Almighty. Climbing mountains and exposing yourself to all of the variables of an alpine environment is dangerous enough when you're not fucking around or irrationally terrified. I'm never surprised when I read of people falling to their deaths taking selfies. Frankly I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Speak. My wife, dad, dad-in-law, co-workers, etc..., are always asking if I can believe that someone died out west being stupid, e.g., falling while trying to take selfie, petting Bison, hiking through legit wilderness areas with nothing but a fanny pack, "tubing" down white water, and so on and so forth... I'm all liek, how many times do I have to remind you that NOTHING surprises me...fuck.
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Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Aug 21, 2019 21:35:15 GMT -6
Ghost was on top of a 14er once and now he cant teach in schools no more.
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Post by thunderhawk on Aug 21, 2019 23:18:35 GMT -6
Ghost was on top of a 14er once and now he cant teach in schools no more. Slammit Fever
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Post by NOTTHOR on Aug 22, 2019 7:27:41 GMT -6
So I'm on top of a 14er last week and this dude pulls out an IPA. Good idea bro. A super hoppy brew at 14K ft is just gonna do wonders for your impending altitude sickness. This wasn't a terribly dangerous summit, relatively speaking, but it was a taxing climb, and the descent is when most people get fucked up, as you've got gravity exacerbating the situation. On another more exposed summit (we're talking thousand foot dropoffs if you wander off the edge,) I get to chatting with this dude who informs me that maybe this isn't such a good idea, as he's terrified of heights. Well, just focus on the next step, I told him. I assume he made it down safely. I mean more power to him for the immersion therapy, but Christ Almighty. Climbing mountains and exposing yourself to all of the variables of an alpine environment is dangerous enough when you're not fucking around or irrationally terrified. I'm never surprised when I read of people falling to their deaths taking selfies. Frankly I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. I have no idea how the hell you do that. I hike out here, but the Blue Ridge and Smokies are way eroded, trails are wide and the horrifying drop-offs are few and far between. I hiked some island summit at Crater Lake and the thing was only like 750 feet up from the lakeshore where we started, but the damned trail was maybe 2 feet wide in a lot of parts with 100+ foot dropoffs. I got horrible vertigo, but then I got vertigo at Arrowhead as well. We Iowa folk are not built of the stock to climb that sort of shit. Your ancestors must have been elites from near the Alps and not lowland dirt farmers.
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