Tag: Custer State Park

“See You Monday!”

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Swinged Cat

So. I’m going back into the office tomorrow. Not full-time. It’ll probably just be for a couple of days a week, working from home the rest. One of my coworkers asked me how I felt about coming back, and I replied, “Pretty good, since…

Category: The Great Outdoors, workTags: Barnes Canyon Trail, bison, burros, Custer State Park, Hiking, Mr. Mom, Singles, work, working from home

71,000 Acres of Social Distancing

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Swinged Cat

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Last week was rough. Tuesday’s post making fun of people hoarding toilet paper seemed innocent enough at the time, but turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy when the shelves here in town were picked clean of TP and Tara announced we were kinda, sorta running…

Category: Daily Life, The Great OutdoorsTags: bison, buffalo, coronavirus, COVID-19, Custer State Park, Foreigner, social distancing, South Dakota, Wildlife Loop

Every 8:45

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Swinged Cat

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Winter continues to hold us tightly in her icy grip, but that’s okay, guys. It’s what I wanted after 23 years in the climatologically-monotonous PNW where winters are one-note (wet) and summers are dry. All this snow and cold is simply making up for lost…

Category: Daily LifeTags: bison, Black Hills, buffalo, Custer State Park, Needles Highway, Rapid City, REO Speedwagon, Snow, South Dakota

Blast from the Past

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Swinged Cat

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First things first: I need a good oatmeal recipe. I’m used to buying Trader Joe’s frozen steel cut oatmeal. Looks like an oversized hockey puck, but it’s surprisingly delicious and simple to make: two minutes in the microwave, stir, another minute and twenty seconds,…

Category: Daily LifeTags: bison, buffalo, Custer, Custer State Park, oatmeal, Rocket Motel, South Dakota, Spearfish Canyon, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Wildlife Loop

And then all hail broke loose…

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Swinged Cat

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I’ve said it before, though never using a fruit analogy: the weather here is bananas. Take Tuesday, for instance. Our day started out quietly enough; we decided to go for a hike along the Sunday Gulch Trail in Custer State Park. Can I just…

Category: Daily LifeTags: Custer State Park, Deadwood, hail, Hiking, Hill City, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sunday Gulch Trail

It’s a Wild, Wildlife

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Swinged Cat

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Lots of irons in the proverbial fire out here, folks. I don’t want to go into specifics so as not to jinx anything, but all the pieces seem to be falling into place. Or at least stacking up like they’re going to. For both…

Category: Daily LifeTags: Black Hills, burro, Custer State Park, mountain goat, Needles Highway, Rapid City, Rapid City Summer Nights, South Dakota, Sylvan Lake, Thursdays on the Square