I do love visiting grasslands. I love that the entire earth seems to "ripple" with just the slightest breeze. I love the vast sky. I love being able to see the curvature of the Earth.
Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Second largest National Grassland
One of only 20 National Grasslands
Encompassing nearly 600,00 acres
A watering hole
A 360-degree view of...well...grass
Pronghorn Antelope
I love trains. Pictured here is an engine from the South Dakota Central Railroad (1903-1916) which is now the BNSF (Burlington Northern & Santa Fe).
One of the downsides of traveling toward Sturgis DURING Sturgis or even the week before or after Sturgis is that you are not able to just drive as far as you feel like driving and then get a motel room in whatever town you happen to be in when you are too tired to go on. They will be booked...solid. From the 5-star "they" to the 1-star "they". Ok, maybe the 5-star "they"s still have rooms but I can't afford to find out...
So, I had a room booked in Wall, SD which I KNEW was a kind of crazy idea but it was what it was. Anyway, I get there at 3:30 in the afternoon because of crossing a time zone, and I still have plenty of drive left in me so I decide to drive through the Badlands National Park.
Actually, I didn't make that decision until I saw some of the Badlands and then the temptation was just too great. This is one of my all time favorite parks and my absolute favorite thing about South Dakota.
That being said, there are a lot of pictures, I know, but I just couldn't decide which ones were my favorite.
One of my all time favorite drives!
To be continued...
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