We left South Dakota on August 7th, by way of the Badlands National Park – what a fantastic drive! What’s amazing is on one side the landscape can be very flat and then look to the other side and it looks like a small Grand Canyon. And the colors on the formations are beautiful. Actually Toadstool park we visited in Nebraska is part of the Badlands – very cool!
After we left Badlands National Park, we decided it was time for my first time driving the rig – all 65ish feet! Now granted it was on a straight highway, but you have to start somewhere.
We stopped in Chamberlain, SD to see the Dignity sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. What an awe inspiring site! The beautiful 50-foot high stainless steel statue depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress holding a star quilt. It’s a very nice park and perfect spot to stop, rest or have a picnic.
