Lisa

  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    What trip to the Black Hills would be complete without a stop at Mount Rushmore? Be sure to plan a stop at the iconic memorial and explore the history of its construction. We drove to Mount Rushmore after our stop at Bear Country USA. It’s about a 30 minute drive from there. Once we were…

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  • Recent Reads – January 2020

    Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt – Barbara Mertz This book is a solid overview of the ancient Egyptian world. Barbara Mertz was an Egyptologist by education and wrote the Amelia Peabody novel series. Her writing is very easy to read and peppered with witty remarks and dry comments. I enjoyed…

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  • Life Lately 2020 and reader survey

    Hello, and Happy New Year! We’re back from our Christmas travels and back to reality. The university I work at has been open over winter break, so we took a shorter trip this year. It was great to spend time with family. And my library got a nice infusion from Christmas. 2020 also kicks off…

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  • Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

    We headed out Saturday morning and made Minuteman Missile National Historic Site our first South Dakota National Park Service stop. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site interprets the history and role played by the American military during the Cold War. Not too long ago, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site served as one of the missile silos…

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