Mule deer in campsite in evening
We arrived here without any further incident with the brakes, so we certainly hope they are properly fixed. For much of the drive it was through rolling hills and prairie until we reached Deadwood, South Dakota, where the terrain changes dramatically as you enter the Black Hills.
After driving south from Custer we reached a sign that said “Wind Cave National Park”. Shortly after that our GPS told us to turn to the left, so we did. In about another kilometer it told us we had reached our destination, which was obviously not true, as we were on a narrow road in the middle of the prairie. We continued on until we found a place where we could back up the trailer onto a side road and turn around. We stopped a vehicle and asked them if they knew where the campground was. They replied that they didn’t, but that the park office was just a way further back on the highway which we had just turned off. So we headed back out to the main road, and found the campsite.
The campground is almost empty, but there aren’t a lot of sites that are really good for trailers or larger RV’s. We picked out a site on the side of the road, which is on quite a slope, so we had to jack the front of the trailer quite high to make it level. After we were set up we went to the park office and inquired about cave tours which we hope to do tomorrow.
It was a very nice evening. A mule deer doe and two older fawns were eating grass right outside our trailer. At first we thought she must have had twins, but a while later another doe came by, so perhaps one of the young was hers.