We had an after sunset thunder storm come through last night, with lots of wind following for a couple hours. The RV was bouncing around a bit. This morning was clear and calm.
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| Didn’t get a chance to go for a swim |
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| Campground hosts, watching us leave |
Our goal today is to head east on RT90 and visit The Devils Tower National Monument.
After an hour or so on RT90 we come upon blackened grass lands that eventually go on for miles on both sides of the highway. Even the pavement shoulder was blackened in places. A quick internet search tells us this was from the “House Draw fire” three days ago that was started by lightning and burned 163,000 acres and was 40 miles long. It closed RT90. No one was injured. Fences were destroyed, posts burned, barbed wire on the ground.
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| House Draw Fire |
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| Red stripe across the highway is airdropped fire retardant |
By noontime we arrive at Devils Tower. Since it is the end of the summer season it is not too crowded. Hate to think what it was like a couple weeks ago with Surgis. As we start to leave a line of thunderstorms is approaching the area.
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| Linda and friend |
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| Not too close |
We head to Spearfish, South Dakota in the Black hills to stay at a large RV Park, Chris Camp. Lots of sites, but mostly empty. With two swimming pools I assume it gets lots of families with kids at the height of summer. Today it is very quiet.
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