Black Hills Gold Blog

Mount Rushmore Fireworks

With July 4th coming up this Saturday, the Black Hills are brimming with excitement. Mount Rushmore has celebrated July 4th with one of the largest fireworks displays in the country for the past twelve years and this year’s event is sure to be another memorable display.

When I saw the fireworks at Mount Rushmore a few years ago, I had been busy rock climbing in the Needles near Sylvan Lake. By the time we got back on the Needles Highway to get to Mount Rushmore, traffic was already heavy. So we decided to turn around and try to come in from the east, but it was too late. People were everywhere and cars had pulled off at every turnout and on the shoulder of the road to try and secure a place with a clear view of “The Faces”.

I decided that I had better do the same before it was too late, but there was just no place to pull over. The air was getting cooler so I knew the sun had begun its descent over the hills Read More

I Love NY

I remember my brother and I growing up in Upstate New York. I mean WAY upstate where everyone there refers to it as central New York. We lived in the suburban town of North Syracuse, a few miles from the city proper but we attended Liverpool Central schools from Elementary through High School. You see, we lived right on the border of North Syracuse and Liverpool, and though our postal address said North Syracuse, our school district was Liverpool. A few streets away Read More