All images shot on the Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park where all the animals roam free.
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A Day On The Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park
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Teens Westward Bound Practice Dance Moves at Harbach Park in Custer, SD
By: Herb Ryan
For the most part, Washington street in Custer is a lightly traveled road with the exception of the occasional local traffic and parking for a Chamber event or bike week. Late Thursday afternoon a group of 82 teenagers and 6 chaperones were dancing in Harbach Park. How I ask, could a person not stop and inquire as to all the cavorting and mayhem ?
The group turned out to be Teens Westward Bound who were on day 18 of a 23 day discovery of the “Great American West” and they were practicing a dance routine to be performed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, Friday afternoon. Tonight, the group will be the guests of the Custer YMCA and sleep on the floor of the Historic Log Building on Harney Street.
The Teens Westward Bound program founded in 1975 by Dennis Deaton and currently run by his son Grant Deaton and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The program is designed especially for exemplary young people who enjoy the challenge of feeling America by getting close to it. Described as an incomparable camping experience, most nights are spent sleeping under the stars when possible.
For more information contact: Teens Westward Bound
e-mail:twb@teenswestwardbound.com
Black Hills National Forest Campgrounds Open Friday May 20, 2015
Custer, SD – All Black Hills National Forest campgrounds are scheduled to open Friday, May 20, 2016.
The Black Hills National Forest has 30 campgrounds with more than 682 individual sites. Many of the campgrounds on the Black Hills National Forest are operated by a Forest Service recreation service partner, Forest Recreation Management, (FRM) Inc. based in Hill City, SD, under a concession permit. If you have questions on a specific campground, please contact FRM at (605) 574-4402 or e-mail fstrecmgt@aol.com, call a local Forest Service office or visit the Black Hills National Forest website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/home.
The fees in the Forest Service campgrounds range from $14 to $26 per night.
About half of the campgrounds have on-site hosts who can help to provide information about outdoor attractions in the area. While electric, sewer, and water hook-ups and showers are not available, most campgrounds have potable water and either flush or vault toilets.
Cook Lake Recreation area remains closed. Forest officials are concerned of the potential for landslide movements on the west hillside of the Cook Lake Recreational Area and surrounding area. Forest officials have been working with researchers from Colorado School of Mines to assess the risk of the landslide to the campground and personnel will continue to monitor the area for changing conditions.
To reserve a campsite, visit http://www.recreation.gov/ or call Toll Free 1-877-444-6777. Reservations are recommended for holiday weekends.
For more information on Black Hills National Forest, visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/home.
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