The Badlands

It's going to be a while 'til we hit another national park. In the meantime, I'll recap our trip to South Dakota in June '08. Why South Dakota? It's one of those states with spectacularly diverse terrain. Badlands National Park is a good place to start. Anyone driving from Rapid City should stop by Wall Drug. Just because it's there.

South of the famed signage-crazed complex, Highway 240 winds through prairie dog towns, endless green prairies, and fantastic jagged orange and grey buttes. (see blog header) We stayed at Cedar Pass Lodge in one of the little cabins. Highly recommended. There's nothing like waking up to a sunrise over the Badlands. (caution: The food at the restaurant is, you got it, "bad.")