{"id":15062,"date":"2023-07-12T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2023-07-18T01:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T05:06:38","slug":"fishing-and-hiking-custer-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/15062","title":{"rendered":"Fishing and Hiking Custer State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we are heading to one of the many lakes in Custer State park here in the Black Hills area of South Dakota so Jim and John can do some fishing, and Becky and I are taking the dogs on a hike. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim is coaching John on fly fishing techniques and getting him equipped.  Today, Jim is putting John in a float tube and sending him out into the lake. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Special waders, a life vest and flippers are worn to keep the user dry and safe, and the flippers are used for propulsion. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He wasn\u2019t out there long before Fish and Game rolled up on him to check his safety equipment and license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the meantime, Becky, Sadie, Eli, Jake, and I headed for the Grace Coolidge trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eli and Jake are really enjoying this trail so far. There is a lot of water. The trail, apparently, follows and crosses a stream the entire way to the bottom. There are several step down dams that not only create fishing holes but quaint water falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n