Bear Butte, near Sturgis, SD
The Black Hills
near Chamberlain, SD
The Missouri River which divides the state in half and separates flat farmland from the rolling hills.
 

The Badlands near Wall, SD


 

4th of July pictures

 

lucky DH

I think I finally figured out why DH wants 6 (or more) kids. It dawned on me while an ugly irratibility roared inside me (and escaped once or twice) today. Who would want to live with a dark-chocolate-craving, ibuprofen-popping, crabby-at-the-drop-of-a-hat person every month? Now I can see why DH wants me to either be pregnant or breastfeeding a little one until menopause hits. He is so lucky that I come from a family where menopause strikes early and fairly benignly.