We made it to the Badlands at about 1 am MDT, exhausted, but thrilled to be back on track. It was quite the drive in, the moonlight shining down on the rock formations, it was so beautiful. While we wished we were able to arrive in the area at a decent hour, we got a view of the Badlands we wouldn't have seen otherwise.
The kids are loving this trip, I can't even tell you how many times they have said this is "the best trip ever." Even with the RV mess (which we are still discovering problems, but nothing like the ones we dealt with early on), they have decided that the Badlands are far more fun than Disney World. They took part in a Junior Ranger program and learned about fossils and how they are recovered. We hiked a few trails where you could pretty much climb on anything reasonably safe (if their parents let them!). The weather was perfect, warm with cool breezes and beautiful blue skies. FInally the vacation we had in mind was coming together!
After some hiking, we took a drive to the Minutemen missle site, visited the famous Wall Drug and then headed over to see some prairie dogs at the northwest side of the park. You could see off in the distance that a storm was coming in, so we drove the main road through the park to head back to the campground. It was a beautiful drive, windy roads and unimaginable views. We arrived at camp just in time, as the storm blew in just after we hooked the RV back up.
We spent the evening waiting out quite a storm. High winds (we had a tornado watch until 8pm) which rocked the RV pretty good. The kids were a bit nervous, but we passed the time playing Apples to Apples and other games. We were hoping to make it to a Night Sky Ranger talk, but the weather obviously had other plans for us. So it's off to bed for now. We have an early morning ahead of us as we make our way to Wind Cave and Mt. Rushmore.
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