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  • Deer Park Campground, WY to Custer State Park, SD

    Custer State Park, SD, July 2025 The total drive is about 243 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Custer State Park, SD to Belvidere East KOA, SD

    Belvidere East KOA, SD, August 2025 The total drive is about 142 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Belvidere East KOA, SD to Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD

    Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD, August 2025 The total drive is about 210 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Canistosta Disappoints

    Canistosta, SD, August 2025 Kate read that Canistosta has a farmer’s market on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7 pm. We left a little early with plans to stop by the dam and get to Canistosta at 5pm. We checked the dam for the Belted Kingfisher, but it was not there. The hurt pelican was floating…

  • Pelicans, Egrets, and Herons, Oh My!

    Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD, August 2025 We did not have a lot planned today. We thought we would sit out at the 261st Street dirt road to we could find some new birds, look for the Belted Kingfisher, and mail postcards in Canistosta, SD. The first activity was to go to Canistosta Post…

  • Otter Stream Trail

    Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD, August 2025 In the morning, John has been walking the, roughly, one mile hike from the RV around the Otter Stream trail trying to get pictures of new things. Kate has been staying home for these treks because they are about 1/3rd walking and 2/3rds picture taking. Today was…

  • One More Loop Around Maple Campground

    Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD, August 2025 John decided to walk the loop around our (Maple) campground on the Otter Stream trail early in the morning. If you consider 10 am early, then he succeeded. Otherwise, he was a bit late. The hope was that it would be cooler, less people around, and more…

  • Falls Park

    Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 Kate found out that there was a Farmer’s Market in Sioux Falls at Falls Park. We decided to kill several birds with one drive by going to the Farmer’s Market, touring Falls Park, and getting groceries all in the same trip. On the way out, we saw a Great (White)…

  • Greenway Bike Trail

    Sioux Falls, SD, August 2025 I started out the day watching the birds from the back window. We had quite the variety. Unfortunately, Mackie slept through it. Sioux Falls is about 30 miles from Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area and is the largest town in South Dakota. Throughout the town runs the Greenway Bike Trail.…

  • It’s a Blue Bird, not a Bluebird!

    Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, SD, August 2025 We planned to rent paddle boards to putter around the lake today. John had been planning to hike the Otter Stream trail with the tripod to try to get better pictures of some of the subjects from the last hike. Since it was still early, he decided…