On Sept. 13 we moved to the Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort near Spearfish SD for a Discovery Trek gathering of 15 members of the FMCA 4 Wheelers. Our task was to scout roads in the northern part of the Black Hills to see if they were enough suitable for full-blown rally. The conclusion was that more roads needed to be explored, identified and rated. There is no published book for 4 wheeling in the Black Hills, as there is for Moab UT, Arizona and Colorado.
Jo and I drove together one day, I was alone in our Grand Cherokee for another, one day was rained out and I rode the other two with Jim Gaymon. The road on my second day of driving was particularly scenic, with parts looking like Colorado above timberline.
This road would be rated at 2 out of 5, fairly easy.
Lunch time!
This was on a road our first day. It had bypasses( rated at 2) to avoid the difficult parts in a creek bottom rated 3 or 4. (I do not take roads above 2.5 rating.) Above and below are difficult parts . I rated a part with no bypass as a 2.5.
We managed to find time for a happy hour nearly every afternoon.
Another day all of our jeeps went out together, splitting into two groups later for exploring. Here we paused to view the Bridal Veil falls along the Spearfish Canyon road.
Bridal Veil Falls
Here are three of the hosts for the group, Bob Reich, Ken Pysick, and Jeff O’Daniel.
We next visited a larger falls on Spearfish Creek further up the canyon.
This day I rode with Jim Gaymon, here airing down for what proved to be an easy 2 road.
Thursday night our group went to dinner in the historic Fremont Hotel in Deadwood. The casino machines in the lobby detracted from an historic ambiance. The food was fine.
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