Officials don't expect decline in tourism from Custer fire

SIOUX FALL, S.D. (AP) — Elisabeth Weakland has read updates and scrolled through pictures online from a historic wildfire that started last week at South Dakota's Custer State Park, but the Michigan homemaker said her family doesn't plan to cancel their summer trip to the Black Hills.

She had worried that park campgrounds would be damaged, potentially requiring earlier booking, but officials say no main buildings or campsites burned. Weakland said her children are excited to head west for the June trip, and the family plans to book a site for their pop-up camper after the holidays.

"My kids still really want to go out," Weakland said. "It's unfortunate that it happened, but we're still just as excited to get out there.