Thursday, September 24, 2009
Three Flags RV Park, Black Hawk, SD: Sept 5-19
On our own again, we opted to spend the rest of our time closer to Rapid City in order to visit with Dave & Diane and play bridge at the club. This is a very nice Passport America park where we have stayed before. It is right along the interstate, but the noise didn't seem too bad. Everything worked well, including the WiFi, which always makes us happy (more Facebook time!!). We went to a sectional tournament the first weekend and did fairly well (by our low standards). We had an outstanding showing in the Swiss teams game, which made up for several mediocre results. We had many nice visits with Dave & Diane and honed our skills at 4-person Cribbage. We also connected with some other Escapee friends who happened to be in the area: Paul Martin, from the Freethinkers BOF, and Gary & Eloise Cunningham, whom we met at line dancing at Benson.
We spent a day visiting Badlands Natl Park. After getting there, we again realized that this is a place that needs a longer visit to enjoy it properly. We did some short trails, attended an interesting ranger talk on fossils, and observed from many overlooks. The ranger who gave the fossil talk turned out to be the person in charge of their newly-developed Night Sky program, and we got information on possibly volunteering here in the future. 
It was a hot day, and we were exhausted so we enjoyed stopping at Wall Drug for some "free ice water" and ice cream on the way home. The temps were well above average our whole time in Rapid City, and we were hoping for some Fall weather soon.
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