The Badlands
Categories: National Parks and Western US Trip
As we left mid South Dakota the countryside changed from hilly to rolling grassland prairies and eventually to peaks, gullies, & buttes of the Badlands.
We arrived at Badlands National Park on Monday. We camped at Cedar Pass Campground in the Park. There were no hookups, but that was ok because it was beautiful and was great to be in the park. We drove the Badlands Loop Road. We stopped a lot to look at the views of the buttes, prairies, canyon & jagged peaks. As you can see from the pictures it has a beauty of its own.
We saw pronghorn antelope, bison, prairie dogs, deer, & rabbits. It’s like being in a zoo. We stopped to watch the prairie dogs at Roberts Prairie Dog Town. We know they must be a pest for the people who live around there, but they sure were cute to watch.
The sculpted spires looked like giant sandcastles scattered about the plains. These buttes & spires had vivid red bands that stood out against the lighter colors.
A bad storm came through in the evening. It came up so fast that several tents in the campground were blown across the prairie. Most of them rode it out and the storm passed quickly. These fast moving storms of rain & wind are what sculptured this vast landscape.
We got up at 5am Tuesday, to see a beautiful sunrise over the peaks. The air was clean & fresh from the evening showers. We saw many deer grazing on the side of the road. There were only a few people out that early in the morning. Most slept through the prettiest time of the day.
We left for Custer State Park early so we could get a campsite at Game Lodge Campground.
We’ll write again soon to tell you about our visit to Custer State Park.
Our Campsite
Great overlook Sunrise in the Badlands
Ok, here are some Photo Postcards of some of my shots from us to you...love you!
David, Just think how handy those rocks would have been to hide behind when the cops used to chase us during our badland upbringing. Your in beautiful country, so I pray you are enjoying it to the fullest(which I'm sure you are).Enjoying your blog and pray you and Jeanie keep safe throughout your trip. love in Christ.
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