by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Outdoor Activities
Following the addition of a newborn to our family earlier this month, my wife and young daughter and I were feeling a little stir crazy. We needed some time outside and away from our house, and we decided to load up the family for a quick afternoon trip to Falls Park...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Black Hills
I was going through some old e-mails recently and found one that I missed from the Rapid City Convention and Visitors Bureau. It’s the bureau’s 2009 list of the top-five free things to do in Rapid City. Here’s the list, with the bureau’s...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | Black Hills, Entertainment, Events, Outdoor Activities, Western Culture, Wildlife
For years, the South Dakota event I’ve most wanted to attend is Custer State Park’s annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival. I’ve always had a scheduling conflict that’s kept me away. I’m not going to make it this year, either, and now...
by sethtupper | Mar 15, 2021 | History, Outdoor Activities
Many people have probably driven 12th Street past the battleship memorial in Sioux Falls and wondered why the memorial is there, and what it commemorates. The memorial, which has the appearance of a ship that’s been sunken into the ground and filled with grass,...
