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Hospitality Central,
LLC Meet our
guides
They are chosen for their knowledge of the areas we will be traveling and their friendly demeanor.
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 Coni
Stoner
Coni was born in the Northern Black Hills town of Belle Fourche, SD and raised in Lincoln, NE. She has two honorable discharges from the Military and is college degreed in Elementary Education.
Her unique background includes: Teacher, Bartender, School Bus Driver, and of course being a "life long learner".
Coni's joyful and helpful attittude will immediately charm you and put you to ease, allowing for a memorable vacation experience. |
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 Joe
Whiting, CITG, Kyle, SD
Joe is ¼ Lakota Indian and a life long resident of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota.
Being a former police officer, rancher and now assistant director of the alternative class for Little Wound High School,
Joe is knowledgeable about the life history and culture of the Lakota people and
Western South Dakota.
Joe very much enjoys traveling and
has worked on a few movie sets about the Indian people.
He enjoys telling people about our beautiful country and
gladly shares his knowledge with you. Joe is the Step-On Guide for the Pine Ridge, Wounded Knee, and Badlands area.
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 Don
Lipp
- Aberdeen, SD
Don founded 605Touring Co. in 2005 and is also the day-to-day Manager.
Don's background is in Accounting (or "bean-counting" as some like to say) with a Farm Implement & a Car Dealership. That's a bit of an unusual background for this sort of venture,
but Don's love for the State of South Dakota (and
beyond) and a keen interest in it's people and places, and the history behind them, have "nudged" him to this point for many years.
Don fancies himself as quite the ping-pong (that
is, table tennis) player
and extends a challenge to anyone that might be
interested. Actually, Don is getting quite
arrogant in his ping-pong skills and someone needs
to humble him a bit! |
 Mitch
McClain
A former law enforcement officer, Mitch is now part of the Custer, SD community development. He plays the part of General George Custer and can frequently be found walking the streets of Custer.
An avid outdoorsman. He has been in movies, such as Hidalgo, and is currently working on a PBS Documentary about the Old West. |
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 Russel
Frink
Born in Mystic, SD in 1921, Russel Frink had an idyllic childhood. Panning for gold to buy his candy bars at his uncle's nearby store and King fly
fisherman of 3 area creeks, he was delighted to supply his heroes (the Burlington RR engineers of the big Mallet steam locomotives) with a frequent string of trout. After Naval service through WWII and retiring from Boeing Aerospace Divisions in Seattle, WA,
Russel is back home in the Black Hills where Mystic is now a National Historic Site. He still maintains a gold mine site in Mystic and thoroughly enjoys showing people local history, how to gold pan, and recreates echoes of Mystic's bustling past. |
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Dick Lawrence
Originally form Des Moines, Iowa. Dick
entered the Air Force in 1954 and retired in 1979.
He spent 10 years as an enlisted
man and the last 15 as an officer retireing as a
Colonel. Since then he has
lived in Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana and back
to South Dakota.
During the time after the Air Force Dick worked in
sales, spent 10 years as
a horse trader (an honest one!), started and ran his
own computer company and ended up retired (again) in
Rapid City. This is his fifth year driving people
around the Black Hills and Badlands.
Our Guides
If you would like to be considered for a position as one of our Driver/Guides, please send your resume to us at:
info@tourSDbackroads.com |
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