good stuff... next....

 

Day 4-

We left out of Mile Marker 100 and headed for our camp site, passing thru Rapid City, Sturgis, Deadwood, & Lead.





We got to where we're staying for a few days. Base Camp.

After setting up, took a little walk around...





...yep, it's cold, high 40's.


But we took a little ride around, checking out the immediate area...






...then got the drone up in the air for a bit different perspective...







...a little closer...






...and a bit closer still.




This is a great area. Quiet, no other folks around, surrounded by woods, and can hear the stream from our front door.

But there is no cell service, no internet, just us and nature.

Will post more as time allows. Been sitting in this parking lot, 6 miles from camp, long enough.

 

where is base camp?---looks like dead in the center of the black hills

 

What size truck are you pulling that with?

 

Enjoying this thread - Is that the area by Cheyenne Crossing ?

 

Good to see another trip report, this year with a couple of new dimensions, the drone and camping. That should add to the enjoyment of your travels and posts.

 

It is on Long Draw Road, about 5 miles from Cheyenne Crossing, a couple miles past Hanna Campground.


What some folks call a unicorn. It is an F150 with the 3.5 EB, with a long wheelbase (163"), HDPP, 8 foot bed, SCAB. It has a larger payload than most F250/2500 trucks at 2600 lbs.
When Mary decided that is the truck she wanted, we did a search and found 6 of them east of the Mississippi. Closest one to us was in Florida. I flew there and drove it back.


Cool! Yep, you nailed it.


Thank you! We are having a blast. I am going to try and get some more posted up tonight and tomorrow.

 

Day 5-

Our first morning at "base camp" for the Hills.

What a great place. This pic was with morning dew still on the windshield...






...it was still in the upper 40's when we went for a little 15 mile putt around the local area. Here we are headed back to camp to get ready for a day out, exploring the roads between Cheyenne Crossing, Deadwood and Spearfish.







As we were getting ready to leave for the day, you can see the hail falling...







...Mary got a photo of me looking at the stuff, thinking, "WHAT is this, and why isn't it melting?" lol







On the road now. There are miles of nice sweepers (and some tighter curves) between camp and Lead...







...there is nothing like flying through roads like this, what a great place to ride...








..."look ma, no hands".







There is some road work going on around Lead & Deadwood...getting ready for the Sturgis rally.







Riding down the main drag in Deadwood. We parked and did a bit of walking around the shops...







...then headed back the way we came, toward Spearfish Canyon. Neither Mary nor I wanted to go into a hole in the side of a mountain, seems like riding a motorcycle is Much Safer than that. lol





Much more coming for today, will post as time permits.

 

Is that a GOPro? What is that contraption on the bottom that looks like power wires? Seems like a good thing as mine eats batteries.

 

As always a great narrative and pics...the addition of the drone pics is awesome!