Our time in Rapid City, SD, with dear friends Rick and Linda Lorentz, passed all too rapidly.

The dogs got to stretch their legs in the grassy backyard, and had a couple of good runs in nearby Robbinsdale Park.


We have visited Rapid before, and are familiar with most of its attractions, (Bear Country and and Reptile Gardens are two of our favorites.), so we didn’t do much sight-seeing. Rick and John kept us well-fed with treats from the Pit Boss smoker and Blackstone grill, and Linda made one of her specialties, strawberry-rhubarb pie! We also raided her garden for some fresh rhubarb and made a batch of rhubarb muffins that may spend some time on my hips and thighs. But it was worth the pounds!

Linda and I had some girl time shopping and messing about. I even tried out a foldable Eunora E-bike. I was happy to learn that it is a brand carried by E-Bike Central in nearby Waco. I'll be doing a little more shopping there when we get home.
Our one excursion outside of town was to the Black Hills’ Powder House restaurant to meet friends Bernie and Rhonda who live in Custer. After stuffing ourselves, Rick drove us through Keystone and into Hill city, where we topped off our culinary extravaganza with cones from Dairy Twist.

We seem never to take an extended RV trip without a visit to a local vet along the way. This time, we checked in with Cody at Dakota Hills Veterinary Clinic in Rapid City. In spite of all our pre-trip precautions, Cody came up with a good case of round worms. The excellent vets had him (and the rest of our dogs) dosed and back ingot shape with only a day's notice. After learning that the practice offers OFA imaging services, I decided to have Meg's OFAA scans done there instead of waiting until we got back to Texas. I am thrilled to report that she passed with flying colors.
It’s now a beautiful, sunshiny Monday, and we are back at Broken Arrow Horse Camp in Custer for a few days before heading home. We came by way of Hermosa, and through Custer State Park. At mid-day, there weren’t many critters out and about, but we did see this bison resting beside the road, oblivious to the traffic passing just a few feet away.

The dogs sensed that they were headed into familiar territory. Cody was on full alert all th way through the park. I guess he was anticipating seeing some of the park’s “fluffy cows.”

More to come as we revisit some of our favorite spots in these amazing Black Hills.