Our time in North Platte, NE came to an end. We have been watching the weather in Custer and decided that we had a window of opportunity to make the drive up before bad weather and strong winds took hold for a few days. It was going to be a long drive (336 miles) so we got an early start and was on the road around 8 a.m. Other than a headwind all the way, the drive was a pleasant one.
We saw one deer and a number of herds of Pronghorn Antelope before reaching the Black Hills. We also saw our first bull Bison's as we got near Wind Cave National Park.
Driving through Custer as we headed to Fort Welikit Family Campground felt like we were coming home. Once we got to the campground, we checked out our site and were warmly greeted by Helen, a fellow workkamper who stays in the park year around. We were very pleased to see that the ground was dry as last year the ground was very wet and soggy that caused us some grief in getting backed in to our site. This time around, the backing in went without a hitch which was good as we had campers and fellow workkampers watching.
After getting settled in, we made a trip to the grocery store so I can make soup for tomorrow as it is suppose to be a wet and/or snowy kind of day.
Later in the afternoon, we were welcomed by Michelle, a fellow workkamper we met last year, and the campground's owner, Paul. John and I were touched by the warm greetings and look forward to another summer in the beautiful Black Hills.
