Horses eyes are usually covered with transparent mesh to prevent flies from biting at their eyes. This fly-mask allows the horse to see and hear just fine but prevents flies from gathering on their face and eyes.

This is the kind of place where everyone knows everyone - and if you are new - they all stare at you.

I love the emptiness of the prairies.

Look at that prairie at the train tracks.. beautiful

It's interesting to hear the praises and jealousy as Road Trip proceeds through rural SD.  I did note that there was at least one comment that the focus he had was escaping the doldrums without losing the ship.  It is clear that rural life has some advantages but there is a trade-off that is difficult for non-rurals:  the peace and quiet are lovely but the tedium and the lack of stimulation are enervating  .  There is little to no poverty, everyone is law-abiding and there are no confusing cultural experiments.  The sheep like one place, goats the other.  Presently, this is the great divide in the US.

From Scotland, thanks for showing us these small town America

Someone once asked former Governor Bill Janklow what South Dakota’s biggest export was. He answered “our young people”.

I loved the slow pan right and then left when crossing the railroad tracks. Safety first!

Places like these stir all the emotions..happiness, sadness, uncertainty, and vulnerability are the main ones that enter my mind. I would never live in a big place like new york city but for all the tranquility these types of rural places seem to show, most of the populations are dropping, the average age of the population is very high and it seems a lot of amenities are missing. Maybe they arent needed and family can overcome a lot of it, but families arent what they used to be and I would hate to be alone as an older person in such an isolated and harsh weather community. There has to be a middle ground in terms of living life, but I would love to see the people in these small rural towns interviewed to see if they are happy and to get a reminder of the times when America was truly special.

All the towns were clean! Thanks for the statistics.

Onida has a long I sound. Gotta put your Scandinavian on! Lol!

I grew up in the 50’s and there is not much that attracts me to today’s popular culture, but I just love YouTube! What a great resource whether you want to play a musical instrument, learn a language, bake an apple pie, fix the carburetor on a 53 Studebaker or take a stroll through South Dakota just before bedtime.

Born in Sioux Falls in '52, my parents moved the family to rural, southwest Minnesota in '55. Our little town of Dudley, MN no longer exists. It was great growing up in the country, but it all seems so far away now. Wonderful videos, folks...thank you.

Harrold's school consolidated with Highmore many years ago. The big red and brown building is the gym and lunch room. The old brick school building has the bathrooms and cloak rooms all divided by gender, so the girls were to stay on one side of the school and the boys on the other. When I attended school there the classes were mixed but we still hung our coat on opposite sides of the building. The locker rooms were also on opposite sides of the school.

Very interesting,  greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 💚☘💚☘

13:40 Checkout the old Civil Defense air raid siren at the FD!

Also, that little bird is a Kildeer.  I grew up close to that area and they were all over.  They run fast on the ground and always chattering Kill-deer.  That's how they got their name.  Very noisy.  A very smart bird and if their nest is threatened, they will put on the broken wing act to lure the predators away.  And will fluff themselves up to look larger to a predator.

Since the real start of the Interstate Highway System in 1956, towns not close to it have been dying off slowly but surely.

I grew up in Eureka SD about 100 miles north of these towns. Different part of the state but the atmosphere is similar. Brings back memories. Nice video.

Highmore and Blunt, you peaked the interest of Stoners everywhere 😂