Interior, United States Travel Blogs

Driving Day
Aug 11, 2008 (6 photos)

... to the Badlands. It was so cool at night because it looked like we were on Mars or something! We found a campsite in Interior which was a nice type of ranch and most importantly had warm showers :] We wish we could've stayed longer because they ...

Day 3 - Whew! What a day . . .
Jul 2, 2007 (5 photos)

Today we crossed the great state of Minnesota. There was more corn to see today but this became less and less as we headed west. One thing that did strike us was the constant strong wind and this was taken advantage of by the erecting of many wind ...

Badlands
Aug 12, 2008 (5 photos)

The Badlands were awesome! Every direction you looked there was an amazing view and it seemed like it just kept on going. When we got into Badlands National Park, we got out and climbed some of the cliffs. From far away they look like solid rock but while ...

Day 5 - Hey, this aint so bad
Jul 5, 2007 (5 photos)

Since we had no car it was decided today would be a mental health day and we would do absolutely nothing. So, that's what we did. We sat in and around the pool, I worked on my sunburn (Wendi told to goop up my upper body but I thought that the shade ...

Day 4 - Hey Wendi, I hope you like the Badlands
Jul 3, 2007

As planned we are here in the Badlands for our second day. As not planned - the fuel pump in the van has packed up. It happened just as Wendi was pulling out of the information centre parking lot. We were ascending a small hill on the way to the ...

The Badlands
May 9, 2009 (28 photos)

The Badlands slightly resemble the area I grew up in - Central Utah.  It differs in the larger variety of color (especially green) and the formations are different as well.  That dirt though, and the dirt hills, and a lot of the ...

Badlands National Park
Aug 19, 2007 (10 photos)

... made with fried indian bread and buffalo meat - yum!  Other than the park there really is NOTHING here. The "town" of Interior consists of one gas station, 2 bars and an Indian owned small grocery/liquor store.. It is peaceful for sure.

Sturgis, etc.
Aug 7, 2008 (6 photos)

I stayed 2 nights in a campground outside of Badlands Nat'l Park.  The ride here was my first departure from I 80.  Rode north through the Sandhills, which was beautiful - rolling hills of grassland, like a huge seascape.  I'll upload pics ...

Bad Lands
Aug 15, 2009 (8 photos)

... way we were please we went. Onward to the badlands,we set up camp at a very nice campground in the small town of Interior, there is a national park campground nearby, which looked real nice, but we wanted internet to plan our next few days. I will let the ...

Mt. Rushmore on the 4th
Jul 4, 2008 (7 photos)

... the monument at 1:00p.m., finally heading East toward home (in 8 days!) and toward our destination for the evening, Interior, South Dakota, via Badlands National Park. Badlands National Park was about another two hours from Mt. Rushmore. Originally, I ...

Day 6 The Van Gets Fixed
Jul 5, 2007 (3 photos)

Happy Days!! I phoned the shop in Wall and they had a fuel pump in for us. Now came the scary part. We had to drive the van with a dodgey fuel pump with a history of stalling on inclines 30 to the shop. No big deal but the road to the smooth and level ...

Day Fifty-One: Not Really that Bad of a Land (2)
Jul 29, 2000 (5 photos)

1:43 - Welcome to Badlands National Park. Driving around the canyons, we can see tons of land formations with reddish, yellowish coloring. It looks like sand sculptures. 1:50 - Time to stop and capture this on film. Amazing. On the left side of the ...

Rapid City - Wall - the Badlands
Jul 5, 2007

The next day we headed to the Badlands, but we made a few stops before we headed out of town. We first visited the alpine slide again...I am getting good at this now. Then we went to Old MacDonald's farm. It was a nice little petting zoo. They had animals ...

Bad Weather in the Badlands
Aug 24, 2007 (6 photos)

Spent the majority of the last two days in the Badlands of South Dakota. It started raining as we broke camp on the Missouri.  We'd just packed everything up as the first drops fell.  We got back on the road around 10, and headed west on I-44 ...

Beautiful Falls and the Beginning of the Bandlands
Jul 18, 2008 (31 photos)

... corn. My new goal for the trip: to find two cool cowboy hats, and an huge amber ring. 10:45pm, Mountain Time. Interior, SD We stopped at a great rest area along I-90, overlooking the Missouri River. It us a beautiful view and landscape! I ...

Last day in the Badlands
Aug 29, 2008 (7 photos)

Today was my last day in the Badlands, and I decided to cap off this park visit with a nice long hike.  I took the Castle/Medicine Root trail, which is about 7 miles through fairly flat terrain.  While it is relatively flat and therefore lacks ...

Badlands and Mt Rushmore
Aug 15, 2005 (5 photos)

Badlands & Mt Rushmore After leaving Jerry's we drove all day and arrived at our campsite in Interiior SD by 7 pm. Within 20 minutes I had dinner on the table - tuna, rice and tomato casserole made in the electric skillet. We declined the 7 o'clock ...

"Dont orderme about I'ma Outlaw From the Badlands"
Nov 13, 2007

The Badlands are beautiful beyond words. We rolled into the park and set-up our camping gear.  Two members remembered to pack their poles, but no tent, I tried hard not to laugh.  After the group was squared away we mosey on over to the restaurant/ ...

Badlands at sunset
Aug 26, 2008 (7 photos)

All these photos were taken at the first major scenic vista as you enter the park from the Northeast.  This is the first time you get a really close up view of the incredibly rugged and otherworldly terrain of this park.  Banded spires crest ...

A Door, a Window, and a Notch.
Aug 26, 2008 (22 photos)

Yesterday I did my first real exploration in the park - 2 very minor but picturesque trails (Door and Window), and one somewhat longer and fairly strenuous hike (Notch).  These three trails all have their heads right near the northeast entrance to ...

Badlands
Sep 15, 2005 (7 photos)

The Badlands in South Dakota are amazingly beautiful, but also other-worldly.   There are more variations of pink, sand, tan, and yellow than you can believe.