The summer weather here is great. High temperatures are between 80 and 90, but humidity is low. Even 90 degrees feels tolerable n the shade. In the evenings, lows are around 60 to 65. We don’t have, and don’t need, air conditioning in our apartment. We use fans to cool the apartment at night, and close it up during the day. It is quite comfortable.

We went adventuring and had a great weekend. Highlights included a dinner at Desperados Restaurant. The food is only OK. But the prices were reasonable, and the restaurant name fit right in with the Black Hills ethos. We played mini-golf, saw local art, and even went to an amusement park. The park would be considered small by any East Coast standards, but it was a lot of fun. Danita and I went into a bouncing-seat simulator, wearing 3-D glasses and shooting at robots. (Don’t shoot the good guy humans!). With seven of us on the ride, we came in second and third. Not bad for a couple of old fogies.

Brule

For evening entertainment, we went to a concert by the Native American group “Brule”. And we saw our first rodeo. We’ll probably never understand how they score points at bareback horse riding, bronco horse riding, and bull riding. But I’m convinced that cowboys have to be totally nuts to ride a bull. Speaking of being old fogies, we were offered rides from the parking lot to the venue at both the Brule concert and the rodeo. Of course we accepted. The cart was a little bouncy on the gravel at Brule. I took off my hat and pretended to be riding a bucking horse.

Art – Painted bike – in the Dahl Exhibit

It’s back to work for us. We have to work 4 days in a row before we get more days off. How sad!