Road Trippin'

It's about time for us to pack up the grill, the cooler, and the lawn chairs and move on down the road. In my opinion, the Black Hills area of South Dakota is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. But winter is coming, and this is not a place we want to be when it starts to get really cold.

We are already making plans to come back here for next summer. There is just so much to do and see here. Mark has been sick much of the time we've been here this year. I think he'll enjoy coming back here when he may feel more like getting out and going places.

Now that we have declared South Dakota as our legal residence, we'll have to come back here at least once every five years to take care of business. Hopefully, next year we'll be making the trip back to take our motorcycle license exams. We've been wanting to buy a couple of small scooters (250cc), and it looks like next year might be THE YEAR. At least we hope so!

Our next stop is Carlsbad, New Mexico. I know...been there, done that. But this year we have to stay settled (somewhat) while we complete some medical business. And we both liked Carlsbad quite a bit. So, if we have to be in one place for months, at least we can pick somewhere we know we like and where Mark can tolerate the climate. I'm already looking forward to seeing some of the people I made friends with while we were there last winter. I am even hoping to go back to work at the same job, while we are there this winter.

We'll be hitting the road the day after tomorrow. So this last group of updates will have to suffice until we get settled in our new home, which shouldn't take more than a week or two.

I want to leave y'all with some final pictures of the black hills of South Dakota. If you ever want to visit a place with lots of natural beauty and plenty of things to do, I highly recommend Rapid City, South Dakota.

And a final thank you to Sonya and Terry, who once again provided these lovely pictures.