South Dakota Black Hills Camping

After getting our Airstream we had a lot to learn about setting up and camping in a trailer. We found an Airstream Rally in Custer South Dakota and decided to join it. Each state has an Airstream club that organizes Rally’s for about 30 Airstreams. They usually reserve very nice campgrounds in advance. We didn’t know what to expect but ended up having a great time and meeting lots of new people.

Hiking in Custer State Park - one of the most beautiful state parks we’ve been to.

Custer State Park has amazing rock formations and is great for hiking and climbing.

The tower on top of Harney Peak (now called Black Elk Mountain), the South Dakota high point.

Walking through the pinnacles.

Sylvan Lake has beautiful rock formations rising right out of the water.

Stand-up paddle boarding on Sylvan lake.

Running the Sunday Gulch Trail.

Work continues on the amazing Crazy Horse Monument.

Our campsite at Custer RV Park. This is the nicest RV park I’ve ever seen.

Cooking dinner in the Airstream.

There were 30 Airstreams at the Rally in Custer.

Biking the Michelson trail which extends 109 miles from Edgemont to Deadwood. We did a 50 mile roundtrip between Hill City and Rochford.

The Michelson trail goes through several old train tunnels.

Rochford, where we had lunch and turned around.

Badlands National Park.

Connecting from the Cable trail to the Medicine Root Loop Trail.

Trail running on the Castle Trail in Badlands National Park.

Staci running on the Castle trail.

Hiking around Wind Cave National Park. Under the prairie, Wind Cave has one of the largest cave networks anywhere.

We took the Fairgrounds Cave Tour. Wind Cave is famous for its box work formations.