Badlands Wall Badlands National Park

Wat gisteren niet door ging gaan we vandaag proberen. Het Badlands National Park bezoeken en in Wall de beroemde Drugstore. We rijden in de nieuwe Mini Van, waar zelfs een dvd speler in zit, over de interstate naar de oostelijke ingang van het Park. Op de weg ernaar toe brengen we een snel bezoekje aan een huis waar allemaal prairie dogs zitten. < …

After driving more than 10 hours to get from home to Austin MN the day before, we drove another 8+ hours to get to Rapid City SD. About an hour and a half before you get to Rapid City on I-90 we turned off to see Badlands National Park. It was well worth the stop. Also for hundreds of miles you see signs for Wall Drug so of course we had to stop …

We ate Indian Tacos for supper last night at the campground which were made with a puffy, fried Indian bread with taco meat, cheese, etc., over it. It was actually pretty good and Drew and Anna both loved them. We slept a little later this morning and cleaned up the RV a bit. Got on the road around 8:30 or so and continued along the scenic loop on …

The Badlands are an interesting place; it reminds me of the Grand Canyon in a way. The northern part appears to have larger, taller buttes while the southern side has mostly small buttes. Stripes of orange run across the middle of the buttes.

We arrived in the late afternoon and were pleased to find that there were still sites left with …

... in the Badlands. My flight was in the afternoon, so I got up around 5am and set out for the north entrance to Badlands National Park, a few hours away. The roads were essentially barren, except for the occasional semi. I found a short trail near the park ...

... up with the Notch Trail we took the short .25 mile Window Trail. This was on a boardwalk and lead to a natural window in the Badlands Wall with a view of an intricately eroded canyon. It was a pretty view at the end, but did not really look very ...