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January 13, 2024
Bonnie Bitterman
The Doors of the Famous at the Franklin Hotel ...
The Doors of the Famous at the Franklin Hotel in Deadwood
September 23, 2023
Bonnie Bitterman
Backpacking Lost Cabin #2 Trail/Black Elk #9 ...
Backpacking Lost Cabin #2 Trail/Black Elk #9 South and North
November 3, 2019
Hiking, Tourism, Scenic Drive
David Bitterman
6 Spearfish Canyon hikes you can do all in 1 day
6 Spearfish Canyon hikes you can do all in 1 day
September 29, 2019
Backpacking, Hiking, Mountain Biking
David Bitterman
Hiking the Centennial Trail

2019 marks 30 years since the Centennial Trail was established so we thought “We’re supposed to know all about hiking in the Black Hills. It’s probably about time that we hike this thing.” With that in mind, we needed to decide how we were going to do it.

Hiking the Centennial Trail
July 4, 2019
Backpacking, Hiking
David Bitterman
Backpacking in Wind Cave National Park

When most people think of Wind Cave National Park they naturally think of the cave that the park was named for, but it also has back country trails, buffalo, elk, antelope and more. There are several trails throughout the park, but since I am working on section hiking the Centennial Trail, that is the trail I chose. The Centennial Trail is a 111 mile trail that begins in Wind Cave National Park in the south and ends at the top of Bear Butte in the north. For my purposes, I set out to backpack all of the Centennial trail that is in Wind Cave Wind Cave National Park.

Backpacking in Wind Cave National Park
David Bitterman
July 15, 2018
Hiking

The Rockerville Flume Trail

David Bitterman
July 15, 2018
Hiking
The Rockerville Flume Trail

Our goal was to backpack the 13 miles of the Flume Trail, starting at Rockerville and ending up at Sheridan Lake, where we would spend the night and then return home on the same trail the next day.

Tagged: Flume Trail, Rockerville, Black Hills, Hiking, South Dakota

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David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking

Final thoughts on the Mickelson Trail

David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking
Final thoughts on the Mickelson Trail

Overall, I really enjoyed the ride, the scenery was great and at nearly 59 years old, I was glad to know that I could still do something this physically challenging. In fact, we may do it again, but if we do, here's the things I would change:

Tagged: Mickelson Trail, Rails to Trails, Black Hills, Biking

David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking

Mickelson Trail Day 2/Hill City-Edgemont

David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking

As we were leaving Custer we had our first encounter with the wind that was going to slow down our progress for the rest of the day.

Tagged: Black Hills, Mickelson Trail, South Dakota, Biking, Rails To Trails

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David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking

Mickelson Trail Day 1/Deadwood-Hill City

David Bitterman
June 24, 2018
Mountain Biking

As we pulled into the Mystic Trail head (MM 74.7) we had our first bit of bad luck. The bolt holding Bonnie's seat to the seat post, broke. As we sat at the shelter trying to see if we could fix it, we met a group of elderly farmers and they were nice enough to help us out.

Tagged: Black Hills, South Dakota, Mickelson Trail, Biking, Rails to Trails

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Bonnie Bitterman
March 25, 2018
Hiking

Centennial Trail - Big Pine Trailhead to Mt. Rushmore

Bonnie Bitterman
March 25, 2018
Hiking
Centennial Trail - Big Pine Trailhead to Mt. Rushmore

This is a review and GPS track of our hike on the Centennial Trail from the Big Pine Trail Head to Mt. Rushmore.

Tagged: Mount Rushmore, Mt. Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota, Centennial Trail, Hiking

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