• South Dakota

    Black Hills and Badlands

    It was still dark and nibbling cold when we left Colorado Tuesday morning, but we had a full day of driving ahead of us: north into Wyoming, and then east into South Dakota. Our plans entailed a full day in Black Hills National Forest and a full day in Badlands National Park the day after just in time to arrive in Des Moines, Iowa for Halloween and Chris’ 36th birthday.  Although the 13,000+ acre Black Hills wilderness is filled with campgrounds, the Wrinkled Rock Climbing Trailhead is the only dispersed campground also open all year round.  Obviously, that was where we spent the…