Members of the Foley family of Green Bay , Wisconsin , are the quintessential visitors that tourism officials and operators hope will push South Dakota to a successful 2026 tourism season. The family of four drove 12 hours from home for a weeklong tour of the Black Hills of South Dakota in late April and refused to let high gas prices, inflation or a soft national economy delay or postpone their visit. The Foleys usually fly to a beach destination each spring but chose to drive somewhere this year, mostly because their 15-year-old dog named Doc Holliday couldn’t be left at a kennel. They settled on the Black Hills because it is a drivable destination with a wide range of sights and experiences. “It’s our family trip, so if we needed to pay a little more for gas, it’s no big deal,” said Ryan Foley, who had just finished a scenic helicopter flight in Keystone with wife Alexis and daughters Amelia and Mabel.…