The Badlands

The earth seems to drop away at the Badlands. There is a very nice National Park museum (and gift shop) there. From I-90, a road loops through the Badlands from exit 131 to 110, where Wall Drug is located. (More on Wall later.)

The Badlands are stark and beautiful. Sometimes the land falls away and other times you drive through rock formations that surround you like castles. There are a lot of trails you can hike, but Daisy and I just got out at a few pull offs. The day was ckoudy (affecting color of pictures) and very windy.

When you exit Badlands Park at the west end. you arrive at Wall Drug. All along I-90 heading West there are billboards for Wall Drug. They are as wacky as the ones for South of the Border that line I-95 along the east coast before and after its location in SC. It's a huge tourist trap, and I've been there before, so we didn't stop.

Our hotel in Rapid City was still about an hour away, and I was tired so we drove on. Shortly before the Badlands, we drove into Mountain time, and will be in this time zone for quite a while. I am happy to report that at least for the first night, Daisy did not wake me up an hour earlier than usual (that has happened in the past when traveling w/ other dogs) so we slept will 6:30 am MDT. More on Rapid City and the Black Hills in the next blog.