Riders from Mexico arrive in Black Hills

About 50 people riding horseback from Mexico to Canada as part of the “Best of America by Horseback” television show arrived in South Dakota on Sunday. The Mexico to Canada trail ride arrived in Hot Springs Sunday and will be in the state, riding through the Black Hills on the Mickelson Trail and then to Belle Fourche, until it crosses into North Dakota in mid August. Custer has been designated as the “Best of America by Horseback” trailriding area of the year. While there, the entourage will camp at Plenty Star Ranch, located nine miles south of Custer on Highway 384 near the Mickelson Trail. Owners Isa and John Kirk, who ran a horse campground for 15 years before closing it this year, will host a pig roast campfire dinner for the riders. The Kirks raise registered Spanish mustangs that will be filmed by the show. Seay expects to turn the five-month trip into a series of at least 13 television shows that feature scenic horse-riding areas and communities that “are the heart and soul of America.”...RapidCityJournal