South Dakota trip

We recently returned from our trip to the Black Hills. We started at the farm on July 4th (where we shot off a multitude of fireworks). We traveled up to Valentine, NE on July 5th (Saturday) where bad weather caught up to us once again. We had to pull over on the highway in the middle of nowhere while caught in high winds and hail with no radio station and no cell phone service. We heard later that a tornado had passed through. We're pretty sure we weren't too far from it.
We canoed the Niobrara Sunday morning and then headed for Custer. We stayed in a beautiful cabin for 5 nights. The 3 boys took professional rock climbing lessons (no pictures of that, just video). Jon and Jared were able to scale all 5 of the ropes they were given. Sean was a little nervous, but conquered the "tower of death" climb and got about halfway up another wall while telling everyone, "This is not a much fun family vacation!" The owner of the climbing company told us that we have a future mountain climber in Jared, who thinks he'd like to tackle Devil's Tower next. We spent some time there climbing all over the boulder field that surrounds the base of Devil's Tower. We also did a little horseback riding and a lot of hiking. If I can ever figure out how to download video from my camera onto my computer, I'll add that in later. Otherwise, see it next time we see you!