GREAT NORTHERN PIKE IN PACTOLA LAKE

A few nights ago these guys knocked on our door to take their picture with their catches of the day! These are each GREAT NORTHERN PIKE and weighed in from 9 to 15 lbs. They were happy fishermen!!!

REVISITING MOUNT RUSHMORE!!

Here we are down to the last two weeks in South Dakota and we are trying to work in last minute visits. Thursday we revisited MOUNT RUSHMORE. It was a beautiful day and we got there early...it was very crowded as we left. The weather has been beautiful but the weekend (Saturday & Sunday) are forecast to be "fall like" with stiff northern winds!!!!

ON COUNTDOWN...20 MORE DAYS & COUNTING!

Good Morning All, We are on "Countdown...20 more days and counting!" We have officially given our notice that we will not be returning here next season. It has been beautiful and we have had fun...but there is so much still to see and do out there! Our store here at North Marina will close at the end of Labor Day and we will leave here Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday. We have at least one more place we want to visit in the Southern Black Hills...BLACK HILLS WILD HORSE SANCTUARY and then we will head toward COLORADO (if weather is still permitting). We would love to camp a couple of nights at ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, but we will see. They do not have electric hookups and we do need electric for Dennis' CPAP and OXYGEN at night! He may try to use our inverter for power...time will tell! Again, weather permitting, we will head from CO toward TEXAS to visit my brother & family as well as well as an elderly Aunt and several cousins! We are ready to TRAVEL!

RAINBOW AT LAKE PACTOLA

This RAINBOW occurred after our Saturday afternoon thunderstorm. Yesterday we woke up to RAIN and had several showers off and on until late afternoon. Today the sun is shining brightly and it is forecast to be a beautiful week. We will treat ourselves to breakfast out this morning -- then go by the South Marina to turn in our weekly sales -- then it is off to do our laundry...which we had postponed last Thursday because of the motorcycle rally crowd. Have a beautiful day!

STURGIS BIKE RALLY WEEK, 2009

MAIN STREET, CUSTER, SD

I do believe that we have survived STURGIS BIKE RALLY WEEK 2009 without any ill effects! We did venture out on the roads some and did encounter thousands and thousands of bikers riding...usually in the opposite direction from us! We did NOT venture to Sturgis during this Rally Week! Below is a photo of BLUE STAR MEMORIAL REST AREA which is just across the lake from us! All is going well here and Labor Day weekend is approaching fast!

B-U-R-R...HIGH 30's/LOW 40's!

The small electric heater is buzzing this morning as I am here at the computer...the last couple of nights have been high 30's/low 40's and it feels B-U-R-R-Y! Daytime temps have been in the 50/60's, so not too hard to take, but not very good for boaters as there has been a pretty stiff wind also! Hopefully today and tomorrow (Saturday & Sunday) will be calmer and bring out the boaters!