Capturing my excursions through the Loess Hills in western Iowa and the Sandhills of central Nebraska. These areas have a unique beauty like none other. Only the Yellow River valley in China rivals the Loess Hills and there is no other place on Earth like the Sandhills. When I’m not on an adventure locally, I’m searching for remote areas elsewhere throughout the country to explore. My operating platform consists of a trail-ready 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon equipped with a roof-top tent and most of the essential overloading gear….it’s a work in progress!
During all my adventures I will be capturing footage of the beautiful places I find, my experiences along the way and will share them with you here on my RU-vid channel. I love open country, being outdoors, hiking, visiting historic sites, tracing the footsteps of my ancestors, overland camping, photography and creating original music…..all these things you will find throughout my videos.
So much to see in the area. Rapid City is the large city nearby and then Mt Rushmore is up in the Black Hills just southwest. Custer State Park is very close as is Crazy Horse Memorial (huge and still not completed). Further south is Wind Cave Natl Park. If you (or your kids) are into mammoths, a little farther south at Hot Springs is the Mammoth Site where the fossils of the Ice Age are being actively dug out and researched. Back up to Rapid City and east on I-90 and Badlands Natl Park is not far off the freeway. I’m not from SD, but it’s a great place to visit.
I’ve been there many times. But I can’t figure out where you are in relation to main areas of the park. Wish I could I may be there tomorrow. If roads aren’t flooded
@@larryjohns5516 Head north out of Pisgah for about 5 miles, then turn left on Peach Avenue, you’ll see the old settlement sign just a couple hundred feet on your left. You can’t miss it.
Must be America's best kept secret -- not another car in sight on your drive. Amazing stretch of country roads. I had no idea Iowa was this beautiful. Keep up the good work!
Charles Larpenteur led an amazing life, from the sadness of his children's death to the adventure of meeting so many Native Americans during the fur trade. Thanks for this beautiful video!
Well done, 4wdexpedition. I do a self-study of early North American Mountain Men and Trappers in my spare time. .I've come across Charles Larpenteur name a few times as an indirect reference--- though he exist (as an adult) a bit after the time-line I tend to concentrate on for my own personal work. Regardless, to have exist at that time, no doubt, had to have been a tough life, indeed. Very poignant life.That said, I really enjoyed your presentation. The footage of the terrain was a real treat. Please let us know if you learn more about the whereabouts of Makes Cloud. BTW, LOVED the opening music. Very beautiful. Reminds me of the opening to the film, 'The Hired Hand' (Peter Fonda and the late, great Warren Oates). Peace.
I have visited Charles last resting place and live near where Fort Vermillion would have been. I have to say this was very well done. Thank you! I wouldn't doubt that Makes Cloud rests on one of the highest bluffs above his homestead or perhaps anonymously near him at Fountainebleau. Charles was a good friend of Theophile Bruguier the French decent trader at the mouth of the Big Sioux river that is now Sioux City. Bruguier now rests near War Eagle on the bluff overlooking the Missouri at Sioux City.
Thanks for your video! I'm researching Preparation and you've filled in some blanks for me. Zion's Harbinger mentioned the death of Johnson Lane, but he's not buried in the Preparation Cemetery - I wonder if he's buried on that hill. Thompson's idea for communal living wasn't original - other groups including some Mormons, the Amana Colony, Icarians, Hutterites, tried communal living. One source called the creek "Jordan" - which goes with references to Preparation as Zion or Mount Ephraim. Beautiful country!
I am not sure of this one but a very similar Rd. Exist near Glenwood, IA. Take Levi Rd. South from town, stay on it until it turns to dirt, look for Pathfield Rd going left. B maintenance own risk road, but a very scenic two miles.
Thank you for this! We share the same Great Great Grandfather and love for this land and its history. Zaida Perrin Swain was my Grandmother and the daughter of David Perrin. As a boy, I was fascinated with her stories of growing up in a farmhouse located near to Preparation cemetery, where our Great Great Grandfather is buried. My sister Kristine Lehan told me about your youtube and the story about Charles B. Thompson adds a fascinating and colorful chapter to our family history.
Kyle Stewart Glad you enjoyed it Kyle! My Dad knows your grandmother and I recall my grandmother (Anna Perrin) talking about her great aunt Zaida when I was growing up. Thx for the comment!
