South Dakota

I have been to South Dakota once.

We traveled along I-90 and spent our first night in Chamberlain near the Missouri River.

The next day we visited the Badlands which is very scenic. It is important that one understands that the Badlands are constantly changing as erosion created the cliffs and they continue to erode and move to the north. Don't look for much in the way of vegetation in this area.

We then headed to Deadwood and spent 3 nights there touring the area. We made one side trip to Wyoming to the Devil's Tower which was a great experience and on the way back we explored the Black Hills National Forest along ALT US 14. The road runs through a canyon and you can see several waterfalls. There is plenty of vegetation here and it is a forest of mostly pines.

We also visited Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial.

Next we visited Custer State Park. It has a nice loop road and you encounter (close-up) buffalo and prarie dogs amongst other wildlife. You can eat a buffalo burger if you like.

We left South Dakota by going down US 385 into Nebraska.