South Dakota was a bust for us. We have been before. We took my Mom there a couple of years ago. It was a great trip and we were excited to travel back through. South Dakota May 2018.
Fast Forward . . . . I had picked a couple of sites to boondock at while in the neighborhood. Because of our larger rig, I have to research to make sure we can fit in these “freebie” sites. Our first site didn’t work out timing wise. We would have had to stop too early in the day. So we pushed forward confidently headed for our second choice. Well this Texas girl again didn’t consider the weather this far north in the “spring”.
We got about a half mile up a narrow mountain road: clay, iron ore and snow covered. Then the truck couldn’t pull the rig up any farther. We weren’t getting bogged down. The tires were just spinning on top of the sludge. There was mountain on one side and dropping slope on the other. The road was not wide enough to turn the rig around. So Mark had to back down the road, a bit of slipping and a bit of sliding, for about an eight of a mile. My task was to get out and give backing instructions; all the while watching the truck get closer to the edge of the road. I was terrified, but Mark handled it well. We did get kudos from some local guys that were headed up our road, and had to wait on us. They were “like wow, I can’t believe you did that” And then more kudos when Mark mentioned that he had backed down the road. I’m pretty sure we were talked about around a campfire somewhere that night! After that experience Mark decided to drive straight thru to North Dakota; we both had enough fun in South Dakota.
Stay with us we’re head to North Dakota next.
