When I first set out to plan our road trip, I knew we needed to nail down our plans for Fourth of July weekend. Everything else could probably wait to be booked, but not our stays for the long weekend! And, so, it was early February when I booked a tent site for the Cedar Pass Campground at Badlands National Park. I was able to snag one of the only sites with a tree, which was important to me because I need shade! Unfortunately, that decision was actually a mistake, as I'll explain shortly. We pulled into the Badlands in the early evening, after a long day of visiting national monuments. We really just wanted to set up our tent, cook some dinner, and head to bed. Unfortunately, because of the burn restrictions, we weren't able
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