This is my favorite new Born Free on the Ford 550 chassis.
Next I went to Box Elder, SD to see my home for the first time. I had a tour of the mail facility and was impressed at how efficiently they handle all the mail and packages. While there I went to the Badlands National Park, picked up my Senior Pass and took a 4 mile hike. Here are some pictures I took along the way.
It was hot and dry there but there was incredible scenery everywhere I looked. It was a very slow walk because I was constantly stopping to admire the flowers on the cactus and the rock formations every few minutes. Here are some of the flowers.
The next day I went to what seemed like a very different world just by going to the other side of Rapid City. I went to the Black Hills National Forest visitor center and asked for a recommendation on a nice hike. I was told about several and choose to go on an out and back hike on the Deerfield trail. This was a delightful hike along a small river with lots of trees. Totally different than the day before! I ended up going 7.33 miles according to my GPS. Here are some pictures from that hike.
How can that tree grow there? I guess it takes seriously the saying "Grow where you are planted."
SO different from the Badlands.
The next day it was stormy so I stayed home and decided to update this blog.
