Snake Creek State Recreational Area - 3,118 miles

Snake Creek SRA has to be one of the windiest places on earth. The wind blew from the time we set up until we we dumped the next day. Incredibly hard. We could not begin to enjoy the beautiful site we had next to Lake Francis Case (Missouri River) because we couldn't stand up without holding onto something. One of our neighbors had a large, barking dog that we couldn't stand either. I finally went over and asked the female owner if they could quiet him down. This earned me a 20 minute stare at our RV from the male owner but they found a way to keep him from barking. Another camper said that the dog had been barking constantly for 5 hours or more.

Snake Creek has electrical hookup sites. No water or sewage hookups.

Our drive to Vermillion was down the backroads of SD. The roads, SD State Route 44 primarily, were generally good. It was as if we had a private road. We stopped in White River for lunch at the city park then drove down Main Street to finally mail some post cards we picked up in Yellowstone and at Mt Rushmore. While Seven was going to the post office a local guy came out of an autobody shop and began talking to me. He told me a lot of interesting things about White River and the surrounding area. White River is in the Rosebud Indian Reservation and most of the residents were Indians. He told me that the White River residents were 'at war' with the Pine Ridge Reservation Indians. I didn't know if he was joking or not. He told me a couple of really funny jokes about the Pine Ridge Indians. He told me that most Indians are really racists and hate white people and other Indian tribes. This surprised me. He also said that he was regarded as an apple in his community - red on the outside and white on the inside. Another tall guy joined us and told another really funny joke at the expense of the Pine Ridge Indians. Finally 2 more guys showed up so we had quite a get-together going on on the streets of White River. Some weird stuff happened that I won't go into but Seven and I became really uncomfortable with the situation and left.

While traveling across the US we also notice how the fauna changes as we go from one area to another. From high desert to tree covered mountains to grassy plains from Wyoming and across SD.