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Weekend Trip to South Central South Dakota - part two

garn

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More pictures. Yesterday afternoon, my uncle, step-dad, and I took all of the little kids (including my son) to the weekly cattle auction at the Burke sale barn (didn't have the camera with me, didn't think of taking it), but my son was loaded with questions asking what was going on.

Driving out on Friday after we were west of the Missouri River, I explained to him how the further west in West River you got, how important the cattle industry was and explained what branding was, etc, etc. Anywho, at the sale barn yesterday, my son thought he saw what was a brand, of course it was, and he remembered me talking about it, must be doing something right :lol:

To view the full sized image, just click on the thumbnails.

More of the Missouri River (I can never get tired of these shots):



Nothing fancy, rural Burke, SD:



Burke Lake:



Looking across Highway 18 from the Hilltop Motel in Burke on a Saturday morning:



One of 2 Burke water towers:

 
Cool! I have seen those seens many times as Burke is my wifes home town. I will be going to Burke this coming weekend for the 4th. Who were you visiting. I may know them? It sure is a small world!!!
 
BRG said:
Cool! I have seen those seens many times as Burke is my wifes home town. I will be going to Burke this coming weekend for the 4th. Who were you visiting. I may know them? It sure is a small world!!!

check your PM for the 411.
 
Faster horses said:
And 'they' say SD is "flyover country"...HAH!!! :x

Thanks for the pictures. Beautiful. Makes me want to visit.

I love it out there in Burke, truly is God's Country. It's funny how the Missouri River marks the line between Cattle Country to the west and traditional farming to the east. From Burke to the river, might have seen one or 2 corn fields (and for all I know, that would probably be chopped for silage in the fall) and from East River on, it was traditional row crops.
 

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