Camping & Exploring Ditch Creek Camp Area, Black Hills of South Dakota

[@JamesonsTravels]

Awesome. This channel will be BIG

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Aww. Thank you. Would love that to happen.

[@JosephNeumann-y4r]

Finding this video 5 years later as I’m planning a trip! I love it, wonderful job editing it too!

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

I hope you have a fantastic trip! I'm so glad to hear this video is helpful and appreciate your kindness. The Ditch Creek Campground is easily a favorite. Everything about the experience was so pleasant, picturesque, and interesting. The Black Hills is such a spectacular area.

[@lmitchell2776]

What a beautiful place. I have to put the Black Hills on my bucket list. Love all the green and the stream. Also dinner looked very good. Safe travels.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

It is so beautiful. It is a good bucket list choice. I could have stayed there forever, at least until winter. Their winter starts much earlier than ours. Dinner turned out alright. Thank you for watching and dropping a note to us.

[@judgeomega]

an 8 hour recording of that creek would make for an excellent video to play while trying to sleep

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Yes! It so would.

[@MrWinger1951]

You two are very cool, spoken from a woodsman, explorer and nature lover. I appreciate your simplistic yet informative style. Would enjoy sharing a camp fire and stories. Hope you have many more journeys.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Aww. Thank you. You are very kind. We appreciate your frequent comments and encouragement.

[@Jumpingoffthecliff]

That looked like a cool spot. We just left Oreville campground between Hill City and Crazy Horse as it closed for the season. We got snowed on one day and we went to the Buffalo roundup. I posted a video of it. Thanks for the video, I’m making a mental note to check out Ditch Creek. We seem to wander through the Black Hills at least every other year. I love the fly fishing there and couldn’t help but wonder if Ditch Creek had trout in it.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

So cool that you got some snow! We saw folks fishing in Ditch Creek further down river/Ditch Creek Road, close to Deerfield Road. Don't know if they were catching.

[@4x4_travel]

Looks like fun and thanks for sharing! Falling off the log is fine as long as you saved the camera! Good job and glad you didn't get really hurt. I'd do the same thing too.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

You're welcome and thank you for watching and the kind note. It's good to hear that you are a kindred spirit in climbing out on logs and such.

[@majesticwolf9816]

I’m moving to SD soon!! Can’t wait for black hills

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Wonderful! Hope that the move goes smoothly and that you have many fantastic adventures.

[@majesticwolf9816]

@@wobblyotteroutdoors Thank you so much!!

[@XJ1042]

Thanks. Nice vid. Just subscribed. I like your simple approach and comments. It looks like you two have an enjoyable, simple life style.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Thank you, Tracy. We appreciate the kind words and the sub.

[@randellziegler8756]

I like when you show the camp site a lot 🇺🇸

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Thanks for letting us know, Randell. There will be more of our camp in the Black Hills to come.

[@jackolsen7277]

Subscribed! Good stuff you two! Looks like a blast. Beautiful footage of the surroundings and your camp.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing!

[@oceantraderco]

Nice vid...and the still images were better than average. Thank you!

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Thank you, O! That's what we strive for... "better than average." 😉 Ultimately the goal is even higher. Sincerely, we appreciate your support and taking the time to drop us a note now and again. We continue to work on improving presentation.

[@dmpme951]

Lovely video .. thanks for sharing!

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Thank you, DMP Me, and you're welcome. We LOOOOVE the Black Hills!

[@dmpme951]

@@wobblyotteroutdoors .. hey Wobbly.. me and wifey just pass through and spent relaxing day @ deerfield reservoir .. was the most peaceful place i have been to .literally. thank you again for letting me know about that area.. i would have never gone there without your vid.. now we headed to yellowstone.. peace from pennsylvania travelers.. :)

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Aww. This is wonderful! So happy you two enjoyed it so much. It is so picturesque and serene. Thank you for stopping back by and leaving such a thoughtful note.

[@mattpitts3205]

We recently spent a few days in the Black Hills at Custer State park. We just missed the buffalo roundup there. Also, picked up a Morris Mule on our way through Wyoming :) We definitely want to get back to the area some day.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Too cool! Custer State Park is wonderful and the focus of an upcoming video. Sa-weet!... on the Morris Mule!

[@bruceankenbrand1097]

Hello, I have been enjoying your vids!. As an aside; Chaga only grows on Birch. There is however a false tinder fungus. or you could char some old blue jeans and get great char cloth .. Just sayin'. Please keep yer vids comin' regards!!

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Hello, Bruce, and thanks for watching! Thank you too for the notes about chaga and false tinder fungus! That's likely why Bill was wary of it. Since we weren't sure what it was, he didn't want to take a chance on us catching it on fire and inhaling potentially hazardous smoke. Making the jeans char cloth sounds like a great idea. Thank you for the encouragement on the videos! We need support like yours to grow and continue.

[@Flying90]

I saw this couple yesterday at Zion and I thought it was you guys! They looked soooo similar

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Too fun! Awesome that you were exploring Zion. Sadly, it wasn't us. We haven't been to Zion yet. It's on the ever-growing list of places to go.

[@TravelswithYoly]

Beautiful area and video. I walked across stream logs up until my middle 60s but somehow lost the urge for some good reason :-)

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Good reason indeed. Me thinks, wisdom.

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

So what are some areas for dispersed camping? Like for someone who wanted to be alone, preferably by a freshwater source

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Hi Andrew. Google is your friend. I typed, "dispersed camping black hills south dakota" into Google. This is one of the results that came up. www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd493142.html These two things should help you find what you're looking for.

[@CherryBlossomOhka]

@@wobblyotteroutdoors thank you. I've actually visited that page and many others, I figured I'd ask someone with first hand expirence out there.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

You're welcome. That's the best help we are able to offer. Ditch Creek is the only place we have camped in South Dakota. That's our only trip to the state so unfortunately we don't have any depth of experience to share. I'm glad you found that map before! It looks like a great resource. I sincerely hope you find and get to enjoy the type of place you are looking for.

[@stevepeterson5943]

. . . That animal, a marmot? I've seen marmots up there in the needles, they're so cute and have a very funny "squeak toy" call.

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Too cute!

[@Mechman0925]

Im not sure if you guys use a cooler or 12v system to keep your food fresh have you ever talked about what you use?

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

We haven't discussed the cooler that we use on camera. For perishables, we are using an ice chest. The only thing I don't like about using the ice chest is digging around in the ice and icy water to find stuff. It would be so very nice to have a 12-volt refrigerator, but we just haven't made the leap to shell out the cash for one yet. The refrigerator of interest is the Dometic CFX-35W.

[@bobcustoms]

Me and my wife are thinking about getting a hummer h3t but not sure if it will work for us if our still in the black hills we live in miles city montana think you could swing by so we can look at yours there isnt to many h3t around

[@wobblyotteroutdoors]

Hello, Robert. There weren't a lot of H3T's made. An internet source I read says under 5,700 were produced. It's a nice mid-sized pickup and we've been quite satisfied with its performance. It fits our needs to a T. Pun intended. It all depends on what you are looking for. We visited the Black Hills in July; returning the 1,000 miles home to Texas.