- South Dakota is very windy. The first night we were there I couldn't fall asleep because I was just listening to the wind whip through the trees and I was terrified our tent would fall over or our wind flap would blow away. I ended up getting up at like 3 am to take it down because I couldn't sleep.
- South Dakota is very empty. Very straight roads with nothing as far as you can see (occasionally a dinosaur skeleton)
4. It is a lot more fun to leave the trail and explore. We were hiking through the rock formations, and lost the path, which was great because then we just got to explore. We ended up wandering up a valley up to the top which had a great view of everything. We even saw a couple deer hiding in the shade of a tree or two.
5. Bison are really not scared of cars and also enjoy staying at the campsite. In the picture right below you can see the bathroom of the campsite and in the second one you can even see a camper. The bison were up there wandering. It scared me but not as much as it scared Chris who didn't even want to drive by these guys.
6. Mt. Rushmore is of course a must see, but there isn't much to do there besides take photos of it. Hence why I ended up with about 200 photos of it.
Overall, this was a great addition to the trip - but not worth a trip on its own, because the highlight was the national parks that we were headed to.
Those later. Read about yellowstone here
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