Today we need to put some miles behind us but there is still so much to see. We arrived in the Badlands after the visitor center closed so that needed to be our first stop.
Our campsite at Badlands National Park. Badlands National Park Junior Ranger program and pledge. They earned their Junior Palaeontologist, Junior Badlands Ranger, and Junior Night Sky badges. BadlandsNeeded to check out the brand new National Grasslands visitor center in Wall and do their junior ranger program. We debated about this stop – Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. We decided it added variety to our experience.
The visitor center was interesting – the just of it was that having a nuclear arsenal and the threat of mutual destruction keeps everyone from being trigger happy and a greater likelihood of peace.
Driving through South Dakota Joel thinks it all looks like the desktop wallpaper of Windows. These rows of Eastern Red Cedar and Chinese Elm were planted during the dust bowl in the 1930’s as part of the Great Plains Shelterbelt project. They were planted as wind breaks, helping to reduce soil erosion. Dignity of Earth and SkyGoodbye South Dakota, Hello Minnesota!Culvers Butter Burgers for the win!!The Green Giant!
We stopped for gas three times today! The cheapest gas was $2.79/gallon.
