Badlands National Park

Last night we stayed in a Lake Vermillion state rec. area near Montrose, SD.  It was a beautiful campground on the lake and we were the only ones there.  Temp was again near 85.  Today we fought a side wind all across SD to the Badlands.  Speed limit was 75 on I90 but had to drive 55 a lot.  We had left the campsite early to avoid the wind, but in the late morning the wind picked up speed.  Not good when your driving a truck camper.  In the badlands we did a lot of hiking to the scenic views.   The highlight was when we climbed a log ladder.  Got a National park campsite for the night.  Electricity and all for $14 per night for us with National park golden age passport.  There are thunderstorms coming thru the area now.  It has been dry here for quite some time.   I guess we brought them Ohio weather.  Here are a few of the many photos we took.

New trip heading somewhere out west.

Left Monday for somewhere out west.  We kind of make the destination up as we go along.  At the moment we are heading for the Black hills of  South Dakota.  We stayed in a state park just inside the Illinois state line on Monday.  Tuesday we made it to a campground just off I80 close to the center of Iowa. Beautiful weather and 85 today.  Not much else to talk about.   I guess I will send emails, to let everybody know we are on our way.   Maybe we will have photos later.

More Smoky mountain pictures

We are home now for a rest from our travels.  We had a great time and will be on the road again in the future.  This blog will also take a rest for a while.

                                          Barb took an hour horseback ride

 

                                           This buck was stalking a doe (seen on the Cade's cove loop drive)

                                           typical of Cade's cove loop drive