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The following schedule and sample itinerary are examples of
what you can expect on your pilgrimage to Borderlands.
The final schedule and itinerary will be customized to what
your group designs together.
Sample
Daily Schedule
7:30
Breakfast and prepare lunch for travel
8:30 Morning Prayers and Community Gathering
9:00 Pilgrim Journey
12 noon day prayers and lunch
1:30 Pilgrim Journey
4:00 Free Time or Focused Activity
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Community Reflections/Seminar
9:00 Compline
11:00 Lights Out
Sample Itinerary for a 10 day Pilgrimage
Day 1 – Arrival and Settling In after a long day of travel;
getting to know one another and the ranch; altitude adjustment
Day 2 – Prayer Walk up Flag Mountain (1 mile); picnic
lunch
Video Presentation: In The Light of Reverence, Walk the Labyrinth
Day 3 – Planning the week – further orientation
Video
Presentation: Paha Sapa: The Struggle for the Black Hills
part I
Ranch Hike/Tour
Paha Sapa: part II
Day 4 – Visit Wind Cave – Lakota Origin Story
Drive Custer Park/Wind Cave Park
Take Iron Mountain Road to Mt. Rushmore
Day 5 – Sylvan Lake/Custer Park
Harney Peak Prayer Walk
Day 6 – Badlands Overlook; Oglala Lakota College; Wounded
Knee
Pine Ridge Village; Red Cloud School
Day 7 Sunday Eucharist on Flag Mt.
Horseback Riding
Time for rest and reflection; swim at Deerfield Lake
Crazy Horse Monument for Lighting Ceremony
Day 8 Prayer Walk up Bear Butte
Drive back thru Spearfish Canyon
Sweat lodge ceremony and feast
Day 9 Final labyrinth walk and reflections; Closing Eucharist;
evaluations
Free time for projects (stones, prayer ties, drawings) and
journaling; packing
Day 10 – Departure and travel home
This design is only a sample and often everything cannot be
included. Each pilgrimage will be tailored to the particular
time and events based on group decision-making. Weather is
also a determining factor. An additional day trip is to Mato
Tipila or Devil’s Tower, a three-hour trip into Wyoming.
Click
here for a list of associated fees for national parks,
monuments, and other attractions.
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