{"id":265,"date":"2008-04-20T18:47:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T00:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:04:08","slug":"spearfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2008\/04\/spearfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Spearfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s travel started about 10 minutes before 7 &#8211; cool and foggy and it stayed that way through mid-morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishFogA500375.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Fog\" height=\"375\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px\" title=\"Fog\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishFog500375.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Fog\" height=\"375\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px\" title=\"Fog\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The forecast wind was strong from the start but it was from the southeast so hitting from the rear driver side and not really noticable until afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishFlags400443.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Flags\" height=\"443\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 443px\" title=\"Flags\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lunch stop! &#8211; Flags whipping in the wind.  After this stop there were moments of being &#8220;tossed around&#8221; when the interstate dipped to the south bringing the wind broadside.  It wasn&#8217;t constant but the &#8220;threat&#8221; was enough to make the driving and paying such close attention &#8211; stressful and tiring.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishMissouriRiver500283.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Missouri River\" height=\"283\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 283px\" title=\"Missouri River\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missouri River &#8211; a beautiful blue!  My thought was &#8220;how much prettier than the Mississippi&#8221; which was a muddy brown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishSnow375500.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Spearfish Snow\" height=\"500\" style=\"width: 375px; height: 500px\" title=\"Spearfish Snow\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snow on the hills around my site at <a target=\"Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/?p=123\" title=\"Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort\" rel=\"noopener\">Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort<\/a>.  Spearfish is just above 3000 feet in elevation &#8211; about the same as my home &#8211; so cooler than eastern South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>I had a short nap and got a bit of a second wind before a sunset walk with Karl.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishKarlRV500576.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Karl\" height=\"575\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 575px\" title=\"Karl\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr08\/SpearfishSunset500375.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"Sunset\" height=\"375\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px\" title=\"Sunset\" class=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p> I LOVE this place &#8211; gorgeous, spacious sites, beautiful grounds, wonderful laundry, lots of walking space for Karl and I&#8230;rural and quiet.  The price is not bad right now as it is &#8220;off-season&#8221; and it is a new park &#8211; built for the newer, bigger rigs &#8211; trying to make it&#8217;s way.  No matter, I WOULD PAY WHATEVER!!! &#8211; I am NOT frugal and I LIKE my creature comforts.  It puts me at odds with a lot of the world and especially with much of the RV world.  But, I am a &#8220;full hookup resort&#8221; kind of girl and am willing to pay for a nice, spacious, pretty place.  As Popeye said: &#8220;I am what I am&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s travel started about 10 minutes before 7 &#8211; cool and foggy and it stayed that way through mid-morning. The forecast wind was strong from the start but it was from the southeast so hitting from the rear driver side and not really noticable until afternoon. Lunch stop! &#8211; Flags whipping in the wind. 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