Three states in three days... Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota. Our stops have included Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff, Agate, Custer, Rapid City and Sturgis. Here are some photos. (Map not included.)
Western Nebraska turned out to be an interesting drive... there was just so much NOTHING out there! At Agate Fossil Beds National Monument we hiked through a sea of prairie grass that went on for miles as far as you could see.
South Dakota’s Black Hills were a pleasant surprise. We enjoyed our visit to Mount Rushmore, but had no idea how much more there was to see in the surrounding area.
We visited Rushmore in the evening because we had heard the nightly “lighting ceremony” was a great way to see the monument. It was. We were shocked by the standing room only crowd in the amphitheater for a Tuesday night.
We had our first real (non-Walmart) boondocking experience after the show... we made our own spot at a parking area near a Black Hills National Forest trailhead on the advice of a campground host at a nearby campground. He saved us $23, plus the aggravation of having to back into a camp site at 10:30 a night!
We spent the following day checking out all the wildlife at nearby Custer State Park. At 71,000 acres, it’s apparently one of the largest state parks in the country and boasts one of the largest herds of free-roaming buffalo you’ll find anywhere. They also have a few dozen VERY FRIENDLY burrow!
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