Blogs from Badlands, South Dakota, United States, North America - page 2

Well it is reaching the end of day three of our adventure after leaving Villanova on Monday. Will, Will and I made it to my lake house in Michigan that night where we had a contest out on the boat, a bonfire and called it a night. Birney took a quick trip to Fort Wayne, IN to see some of his family and met up with us early afternoon on Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning we did some skiing and then after Branden showed up we hit up the tubes before heading to Downers Grove. Wednesday we spent the day downtown Chicago seeing some of the sites before packing up the car for the drive the next day. This morning we hit the road at 6:30am and made the drive through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota. ... read more

Saturday, September 12, 2009 It rained through the night last night, right after I finished grilling some chicken thighs on the portable Weber propane grill. Timing is everything, or at least close to it. This morning, it was cool enough to warrant a touch of heat in Uncle Joe. Since we are plugged into a 50 amp pedestal, the electric area heater received the nod over propane heat. “What’s is that burning smell” some one inquired from the dark bedroom up front? “Why, its just me sweetie; I’m trying out our new area heater.” “I’m up,” came the reply. So there was the start of the day, on a noisome note. An area heater is different from a space heater, in that it is designed to slowly heat a large area, where a space heater is ... read more

OMG!! today was the best! As we were driving to Murdo, we just passed the central time zone lol so I couldn't tell you what time it was lol the car clock is still on Vancouver time and my phone is an hour later and passing into central time adds an hour LOL but it was in the early evening. I saw a sign that said scenic road into the Badlands, I asked Nat if we could drive through there, she pulls in and drives for a bit. We got closer and could see the peaks of the Badlands, OMG OMG I told Nat we goin in :) We only had about $ 75 American. I said I'll use my credit card to get a room, we are doing this :) and man oh man it ... read more

I'd heard about it, read about it and seen films about it, but until I actually saw it, I didn't really appreciate the true beauty of Badlands National Park. It was not what I had expected. We started at the eastern side and drove a loop through the park. The usual visitor center at the park entrance was our first stop. It has always proven to be an important part of a visit to any of our National Parks because there is a wealth of information to make the visit more meaningful. There is usually a film about the park and this visitor center was no exception. We saw a 20 minutes film. I would advise anyone visiting any of the parks to take the time to watch the film if there is one available. After ... read more

Hallo allemaal ! Hier zijn we weer ! Vooreerst om jullie te vertellen dat we terug in onze originele tijdzone terechtgekomen zijn. Dit betekent dat we opnieuw slechts 7 uur vroeger zijn dan jullie. Kwestie van niemand te vroeg of te laat wakker te bellen ... Vandaag hadden we een beperkt doel : Wall Drugstore in ... euh ... Wall en het nationaal park Badlands. Op tijd vertrokken omdat we wisten dat we in de namiddag van de ene meter op de andere een uur ouder zouden worden doordat we opnieuw terecht zouden komen in de Central Standard Time-zone. Wall Drugstore dus ... Een fenomeen aangezien de stichtende familie in 1931 hun intrek nam in een ietsiepietsie huisje in dit onooglijk dorpje. Omdat er destijds geen verkeer door kwam (waarom zouden ze ?) begon meneer met ... read more