Thread:Frenzy19/@comment-35901641-20190613194409/@comment-35901641-20190626110803

Hi Krista,

I don't like cold weather either which is why I don't want to live in S. Dakota year round. Unlike your Aunt in the Adirondacks we only have to drive about 25 minutes to get to a grocery store so it is not as bad in that respect. While there are bears in Wyoming (the next state over) I don't think there are bears in S. Dakota, at least not where we are located in the southwest part of the state. Last fall our neighbors trail cam caught a photo of a mountain lion on his property (about 1/4 miles from ours) and he emailed us a copy. That was surprising because even though I know there are mountain lions in Spearfish Canyon (where parts of Dances With Wolves was filmed and great trout fishing as well) up near Deadwood, I wasn't aware there were any near us. By us there are plenty of elk, wild turkeys and sometimes the deer practically come join us for breakfast. Custer state park has Bison roaming free in certain areas which is pretty cool too.

One great thing about being so far away from any town is that the night sky is absolutely beautiful! I never knew there were so many stars in the sky. You can easily see constellations, watch satellites in orbit and count lots of shooting stars.

Going out there is definitely a nice change of pace that we look forward to every summer. The bad part is that it is almost 1700 miles away. ---Robyn

--Robyn