South Dakota

Badlands National Park – Part 1

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Made it to the Badlands in South Dakota.  Once I crossed the Missouri River it was a white-knuckle drive due to 40mph sustained winds today with stronger gusts.  Watched the terrain go from flat, boring corn fields to rolling grass hills with sunflower fields and hundreds of free-grazing cattle.  Then the rock formations appeared and … Read more

Corn Palace

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Corn Palace

Against my better judgement I decided to stop at a tourist trap called the Corn Palace.  It’s the world’s only one so they have that going for them.  Cool points for the huge eternal Willie Nelson and Elvis corn murals but not much else.  Kinda corny.  Only about 55F outside and feels like fall so … Read more