After The Badlands we faced a long, long week of driving. With the mountains behind us and America’s breadbasket lying between us and DC, we had to put some serious miles on the odomoter. But before we went too far, a stop in Mitchell, SD for the Corn Palace was a must. While planning our …
Leaving The Black Hills behind, we drove East towards The Badlands. For years I’d been waiting to see these hills after reading about them in our US map. Something about the picture – just the one picture – spoke to me. I had to go. I was not disappointed. The Badlands is one of those …
Originally, we planned to spend one night camping in The Black Hills, then the entire next day in The Badlands, and then start our long drive East. There wasn’t any one thing in particular that we wanted to see while there, except for not seeing Mt. Rushmore (more on that later). Deadwood I did want …
After Devil’s Tower, we spent a couple of days in Rapid City, where we took in one of the best-supported downtown districts that we’ve ever visited. Like all cities, the box stores live on the outskirts of town by the freeway exits, but the downtown association here works extremely hard to host events and keep …