Jun 16, 2008 - Hermosa, SD - Heartland RV Park & Campground

(Ron Writing) We had thunderstorms and it seemed like quite a lot of rain during the night. This morning it was still raining until about 9 AM. That’s when we had to get Da Honu ready to roll since our time in the beautiful Hart Ranch campground has come to an end. Elena says she has been spoiled these past three days. Since we didn’t opt to purchase a membership we were only allowed to stay for the three day try-it deal. It’s a great campground but purchasing a membership doesn’t seem to make financial sense for our current situation. We...

Jun 22, 2007 - The Black Hills from Hermosa, SD

We have settled into the southern SD Black Hills at Hermosa, taking our time seeing the sights at a much slower pace. We went to Mt Rushmore - an interesting accomplishment taking 14 years in the making. I didn't say complete because it wasn't. The 1941 death of the sculptor and the impending war resulting in a halt of federal funds stopped the progress. It had been planned to continue down to waist level. We have been driving the backroads taking in the Black Hills. We took a road billed as the 'wildlife loop' and saw pronghorn antelope,...

Jun 12, 2007 - Arrived in Hermosa, SD

We have finally made it to Hermosa, SD to participate in the Newmar fulltimers rally. It was about 270 miles drive, of which 230 with a hard wind from the drivers side, 39 miles with a head wind, and 1 mile of nice driving. We also had rain during the last 40 miles. But still it was a beautiful drive across South Dakota. There was a rest stop that had a scenic view of the Missouri river. The view was high up overlooking the river. Very nice. We stopped in Wall, SD to visit the famous Wall Drug Store. It's a tourist trap, but is a "Must See"...

Jun 8, 2007 - Heading for South Dakota

I am starting a new journal for this "Summer Trip." You might think of it as the next chapter in 2007. Perhaps I need to break each year into the four seasons in the future. Anyway, starting with a fresh slate avoids the clutter that was being made on the trip maps since we seem to be going and coming from Arkansas like a yo-yo on a string. So here we go... June 6: D-Day for our departure as well as the anniversary date of a much more fateful D-Day during WWII (I was about 5 yrs. old.) We departed Cabot for the short trip up to Russellville...