Wandering West Day 2 - South Dakota
Sanity prevailed and today I only drove about 6 hours, from Sioux Falls, SD to Rapid City, SD. That gave me time to visit Badlands National Park on the way and Mt Rushmore just south of Rapid City.
Day 2 Trek
Badlands is expansive and interested but its very homogenious from one end to the other. Lets see if I can explain it. Its a bunch of rock exposed by erosion where a plateau at one altitude meets a plateau at a lower altitude. All along that meeting place you get the gray formations like the pic below. A lot like Bryce Canyon NP because it sort of looks like one side of a canyon. It is also refered to as "The Wall".
Badlands
Very cool. To see a huge sculture on the top of a mountain is very cool. I did not get there for the best light (in the morning) but its still very dramatic. I wish I had time to go again. There is a light show after dark but alas that is too near my bedtime as I need to get up early.
George
Sorry, no time for full galleries yet but they are coming.
Next, the rest of the Black Hills, SD area.
Day 2 Trek
Badlands National Park
Badlands is expansive and interested but its very homogenious from one end to the other. Lets see if I can explain it. Its a bunch of rock exposed by erosion where a plateau at one altitude meets a plateau at a lower altitude. All along that meeting place you get the gray formations like the pic below. A lot like Bryce Canyon NP because it sort of looks like one side of a canyon. It is also refered to as "The Wall".
Badlands
Mt Rushmore
Very cool. To see a huge sculture on the top of a mountain is very cool. I did not get there for the best light (in the morning) but its still very dramatic. I wish I had time to go again. There is a light show after dark but alas that is too near my bedtime as I need to get up early.
George
Sorry, no time for full galleries yet but they are coming.
Next, the rest of the Black Hills, SD area.
posted by Bob Sardelli at 8:25 PM
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