The Black Hills Travel Blog

April Author Archive

April is April Gregory, a Black Hills Travel Blog guest blogger, writes from Spearfish, S.D. A graduate of the University of Montana with a degree in photojournalism, she has interned at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader in South Dakota and the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. She loves the outdoors – cross-country skiing, fly fishing and hiking – and she loves to travel. She studied art history in Wales, and has visited state and national parks throughout the United States. In her travels abroad, she loves trying new types of cuisine, especially Japanese food. Email this author




Plenty of good skiing at Terry Peak

By April • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Outdoor Adventure

For my third birthday I wanted to go downhill skiing. While I don’t recall this, I obviously figured out at a very young age that skiing is a lot of fun. I’ve been skiing ever since. I was also lucky enough to grow up in close proximity to the Rocky Mountains, so I often went …



Snowshoeing in backcountry beauty

By April • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Outdoor Adventure

I do not come from a family of snowshoeing lovers. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that everyone in my family highly dislikes snowshoeing. We’re skiing people, sledding people. Heck, we even go ice skating and ice fishing once in a while. But snowshoeing is not on our list of things to do.
I …



New Year’s Day Cross Country Skiing

By April • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Outdoor Adventure

Note: April Gregory has joined the Black Hills Travel Blog as a guest contributor. She will be posting stories about her outdoor adventures in the Black Hills.
Instead of starting 2010 with a pounding headache from New Year’s drinks the night before, I spent the first day of the year doing what I love best: being …