Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills of SD: June 2016

Spent 5 days camping at Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Enjoyed the gorgeous scenery on the Needles Highway and at Sylvan Lake.  It's like living in the Flintstone ages in the town of Bedrock.  Pretty scary the first time we took the RV through one of the tunnels; wasn't sure it was going to fit!!  The tunnels are so narrow that only one car can go through at a time.  It was nice and cool in the mornings, HOT in the afternoon so didn't do much hiking this time.  We had been here in 2009 when we did a 7 mile hike to Harney Peak where there was a stone structure that the Conservation Core had built years ago.  You could see the back side of the faces of Mt. Rushmore from Harney Peak; really cool!

Sylvan Lake

Hiking trail around the lake

Interesting bedrock

Trail

  Bubs was recuperating from ACL surgery, so he and I did a slow morning stroll each day from the campground over to Sylvan Lake and back before it got too hot.  Great therapy for him, and me!

Cool rocks  

    

 

Stairway to heaven?? 

Stuck!

 Daryl was teaching an online class one morning from inside "The Ritz" when the park crew decided it was time to mow the lawn in the campground.  Yikes!!  THAT was interesting.....

Contemplating the world.....

Trail from the other side of the lake