Corn Palace, The Badlands, Mount Rushmore

By: Lars

It's been awhile since our last post so we have a lot to catch up on! Our first stop was the Badlands! One of our stops we made before the Badlands was the Corn Palace. At the Corn Palace, we saw huge frames filled with different colored corn creating a picture. After this corny stop we were heading straight to the Badlands. This was a cool experience because I got to see and eat bison! The amazing thing about the Badlands is that before you're just driving on hilly and grassy terrain and then, BOOM! You see these giant sandy mountains similar to Bryce Canyon! We stayed at the Badlands for one night, for dinner. As I was saying before, I got to eat a bison burger with bacon, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. It was very scrumptious! The next day we packed up and started heading towards the campground called Leigh Creek campground. We made another stop before Leigh Creek, and that stop was at Mount Rushmore! The mountain with the presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved into the mountain. That was probably one of the most amazing little stops we've ever made on both of our road trips. After that mountainous experience, we were headed to Leigh Creek campground. Turns out, Leigh Creek campground is inside of Big Horn National Forest. Leigh Creek was a small campground but good enough that we could manage until the next day where we will be heading to Yellowstone National Park!

The Corn Palace!

All The Amazing Things!  By: Ilsa R

Ok so, we have seen a LOT since we last posted and we are not in South Dakota anymore. Let me tell you about it. So the first place that we visited was The Badlands, which to be honest, was not exactly my favorite, so I will just skip that one. However, I will tell you about where we went on our way to The Badlands. We went to the Corn Palace!  The Corn Palace is basically a big building (not made of corn) that has a design on the front that is completely made of corn! Also, the inside is well... pretty much a corn-everything visitor center. The second stop that we made on our way to the Badlands was an old-fashioned 1880's town! It was so interesting to look at old saloons, a school, a church, a grocery store, a doctor's office and so many other things! After visiting The Corn Palace, the 1880s old-fashioned town, and The Badlands, we headed to Bighorn National Forest where we stayed in a campsite for one night. Our campsite was pretty much a usual campsite (if you don't count big rock walls going up the sides). On our way to Bighorn National Forest we visited the famous Mount Rushmore. I think our luck was pretty good that day because it happened to be the day that we met Nick Clifford, the only person who created Mount Rushmore who is still alive!  Make sure you don't miss the next post, on Yellowstone National Park!

P.S.  I am now going to highlight all of the places that I have been to!

Ilsa at the 1880s Town - School Room

The Badlands - lucky to time it with the fields of yellow flowers

Mount Rushmore - meeting the only surviving driller

Mount Rushmore

Camping in Bighorn National Forest