More than a few people have looked at the popularity of chatting, texting and instant messaging and prophesied the downfall of civilization. “No one will know how to talk to each other anymore!” “We’re raising a generation of kids with no social skills!” “Darn kids, get off my lawn!”
I agree. Not only do the neighbor …

When most people commute to and from work, they have to deal with traffic, the inevitable fender-bender, and probably a line at their favorite coffee joint. In the Black Hills, you don’t have much of that. Instead, we’ve got elk.
No, not the kind that elect exalted rulers every year (though we have a few of …

All right, I admit it: occasionally, I find it really hard to sit down and blog. Some days it’s hard to string one coherent sentence together, let alone a whole paragraph of them.
(Personal note: this seems to have an inversely proportional relationship to the amount of caffeine I’ve had. Further study warranted.)
Fortunately, a guy named …

According to a recent AAA report, the Black Hills are one of the most inexpensive places to vacation in the country. And now we can add one more feather into our economical hat: cheap gas. I know, that’s a bit of an oxymoron these days, but at least our gas is comparatively cheap.
This article from …

All right. It’s no secret that the airline industry is about as healthy as Mr. Creosote. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it by looking at the Black Hills.
Just last week, Rapid City Regional Airport announced that its advance bookings are double what they were last year. There are five airlines flying to six major hubs …

Credit goes to Kim in Rapid City for pointing out this interesting story. According to the Chicago Tribune, a mountain lion was found by police in a neighborhood on the city’s north side earlier this month. That’s pretty amazing all by itself, but here’s the really remarkable part: wildlife officials think the big cat may …

All right, admit it: at some point in your life, you wanted to be an archaeologist. You were probably 11 and had just seen Indiana Jones for the first time. Then again, maybe you were 35 and had just seen Indiana Jones. It doesn’t matter. Since the days of Heinrich Schliemann, Arthur Evans and Howard …

Most baseball fans spend their energies cheering for their team, but lately, the hoots and hollers from Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. have been a little… different.
“Go George Dub-ya!” “Abe Lincoln, you’re a cheater!” “Run Tom, run!” “For crying out loud, let Teddy Roosevelt win!”
To spice things up at Washington Nationals games, the team started …

The Travel Channel is featuring America’s national parks this week, and it’s kicking off the series tonight with Mount Rushmore & the Black Hills, which mostly focuses on the parks, monuments and scenic byways in western South Dakota.
The hour-long program is filled with some epic, sweeping video of Rushmore, Custer State Park, the Norbeck Scenic …