Blogs from Badlands, South Dakota, United States, North America - page 7

Day 4 - Departed 6:00AM CST. Today’s trip shall take us through the rest of Minnesota (and Adrian, MN) and into South Dakota. We’re camping in the Badlands tonight. Mike and Benji upset our rich neighbors at the campsite by using the drill at 5:30 this morning. Mike also used his outside voice to help Benji hook up the camper. This resulted in the neighbors shutting their window rather violently. “Oh look, variety,” Benji said, talking about the two turns in I-90. 7:30AM - First vehicle passes us. Called G-ma. All is good on the estate. Called Kacy. Muffins misses us.  Mike witnessed two cows creating beef. World’s Largest Steer Head…it was big. The boys are looking forward to pooping in the corn palace “I don’t remember eating corn…” Prepare to be a-maize-ed Corn-see ... read more

This has been a truly amazing day! (But do you know how hard is was to not type a-maize-ing?...Corn Palace, remember?) Yes, we did stop at the Corn Palace. It was the first stop of the day and it had been misting and raining until we got within about 10 miles (which turned out to be the standard for the day.) It was really impressive actually. It is redecorated every year using 600,000 ears of corn and 3,000 bushels of other grains and grasses. There are 9 different colors of indian corn used in the mural pictures. The pictures were more intricate than I thought they would be. After leaving Mitchell and the Corn Palace we headed on west. We stopped at a rest area in Chamberlain because I had read that the view was ... read more

Motorhome News from North America 42 23rd April - 6th May 2007 From the Rockies to Nebraska and South Dakota - and the sad demise of Suzie, our friend and bear. Rocky Mountain National Park There seemed little point in waiting for the snow to come to Rocky Mountain National Park, leaving us with the prospect of sitting out the days awaiting the thaw. Two feet of snow was forecast and that was enough to convince us to move on rather more rapidly than previously intended. We had enjoyed our short stay; the awesome sight of magnificent mountains of the Continental Divide sawing a sharp line through the state: 58 jagged white peaks over 14,000ft stretching their heads into the sky, herds of elk and deer on the hills, fleeting flocks of bluebirds on the meadows, ... read more

Once again unfortunately we do not have any pictures of the badlands.... sorry. Although we did not spend much time in the park due to a rain and wind storm the park was extremely different than any other park we have seen to date. Although the colors of the Badlands were comparable to the Petrified forest (see previous blog) the landscape was much different. They remind me of drip sand castles you make at the beach tinted with hues of red, orange and pink. We also made a stop at the Corn Palace in South Dakota. The Palace is decorated each year with different pieces of artwork all made from corn. At that point we decided we were through with the midwest and needed some civilization. We therefore headed to Chicago. We spent the night in ... read more

Crazy Horse is a monument still under construction after 50 years and they only have the face completed. Scott and I are not sure that it will be complete in our lifetime. It is impressive now and will be quite a sight to see when complete.... read more