Stills...

 

From our ride through Custer State Park, still photos.  Well, we weren't "holding still," but stills instead of video.

 

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I wasn't standing still today.  I got out on the CTX today, heading north, with the plan to cruise through Spearfish Canyon (we haven't done that ride, yet, this season.  I made a stop along the way for gas, a potty stop where I visited with a Harley rider out by the bikes.  Then a short pass through Spearfish, then doubled back to head into Spearfish Canyon.

When I rode Spearfish Canyon last year, it was on a weekday after Labor Day, and it was very light with traffic.  This being a Saturday, and still during summer, the traffic was steady.  The speed limit through the canyon is 35 mph... and that's pretty darn close to what I was riding; no point in passing someone, 'cause there's another car not far in front of that one.  Once past Latchstring Inn, I had no one in front of me for about half the ride to Cheyenne Crossing.  Yes, I shot some video; we'll see if I do anything with it.

Once out of the canyon, it is up the "hill" (certainly more than a hill, since it is the home to Terry Peak and Deer Mountain ski areas), with a 55 mph speed limit (felt good to crank it up a bit).  I rode through the town of Lead - not a lot there these days, but the buildings look good.  Then into Deadwood, and a pass down Main Street - a LOT more people here compared to a couple days ago when we came up here by car.

Down Boulder Canyon (where we built our first house many years ago) and back through Sturgis.  I stopped for lunch at the Loud American Roadhouse for some steak-tips.

Back to the motorhome in time for the weekly new house update from Steph and Dan.  The roof is done.  The house can now be closed up (important, because Hurricane Hillary is coming up the west coast and will have some impact on California and likely Arizona.  Most of the exterior light fixtures are on, interior lights are in, face-plates on, and we have functioning electricity.  The two air conditioning units are in place.  The exterior block wall around the property has been painted.

Steph and Dan did a "video walk through" for us, so we could see the size of rooms, the space in the showers and closets, how many "steps" for both dimensions in bedrooms, pointing out hanging and shelf space in closets.  It was very helpful, since we can't be there during the building process.  OK, I suppose we could be there, but... the desert in August vs the Black Hills.  There is a reason we aren't there.

Steph as a "spokesmodel"...

The adjoining door (above), and some of the rock work (below)...

This is where your bedroom TV will go...

 It's looking like a house from the exterior...

 The garage doors haven't been painted, yet.  Pretty sure they will be some form of cream color.

Air conditioning units - I hear that's a popular thing in Arizona...

The wall around the yard is now painted...

That rise in terrain to the right of the image above is South Mountain - we will have a nice view of that from the windows on the south and east sides of the house.