We left the town of Interior at the foot of the Badlands Sunday morning. Back to the amazing geology and ferocious wind. Arrived in Rapid City late morning and set about finding a place to stay for the next few days. I won this round. Found a very cute cabin. :) They are experiencing a heat wave out here (high 80s, low 90s) so I really wanted air conditioning. We ended up at an elevation of about 4600 feet so that helps a lot. Rapid City was much warmer. The nights up here are comfortable. We hopped on the trike (now without the trailer) and headed for Custer State Park and Needles Highway. They are so beautiful! We were surprised at how high we were on the Needles Highway. We reached 6400 feet in elevation. Put these two on your bucket list if you haven't seen them. In Custer we saw a buffalo here & there but not the whole herd. They were way up in the back part of the park. We also saw several antelope and of course, the burros. We'll definitely come back here with our 7 day pass!
Very cool. Wow.
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