The Badlands, SD

(The Badlands, SD: 16 July 2010) The day after visiting Mt Rushmore in the heart of the Black Hills we headed east to the Badlands. This was a do-it-cause-you're-in-the-area event, not something we planned ahead of time. The Badlands form an interesting transition between the Great Plains and the mountains and they are simply AMAZING. AMAZING in a completely different way than Mount Rushmore. The pictures say it better than words, but what you can't get from the pictures is the size the huge vistas, humongous panoramas of these odd formations of rock, grassland, hills all smashed together and going on for miles and miles and miles.