The Black Hills of South Dakota

Our grandsons went to the Black Hills about 2 weeks ago. This is just one of the gorgeous pictures they took. I can see why they love to go there. It is very beautiful country.

I remember when we went to Mt. Rushmore. I just stared and stared because I could not believe I was seeing something out of the History books. It was really neat.

Snow in South Dakota

My husband just told me he heard on the news that a woman went to the door to take her dog out to go potty and when she opened the door there was a big white wall of snow. Can you imagine it? I can't even get my mind around that.

What do you do? How do you get out? I guess she said the snow plows would be coming around but not while the wind was still blowing over 60 miles an hour. We have never had that kind of snow here and sure glad of it. What we get is plenty but at least we can get out the doors.

Wild Fires Ravage The West

Dozens of wild fires are ravaging the west. Hot Springs, South Dakota is being hit hard. Overnight rain and cooler temperatures slowed a wildfire that had raced out of a canyon. It destroyed at least 30 houses and killed one homeowner who went back to his home to try to save some of his belongings.The change on the weather gave the firefighters a chance to shore up their fire lines. But conditions could shift for the worse again. The blaze started by lightning on Saturday and by Monday covered 11 square miles just southwest of Hot Springs. This is on the south side of the Black Hills. It was 20 percent contained and fire crews hope to have it contained by Thursday.