The Badlands (Day 11)

Today, we had a change of plans. We intended to drive up to Spearfish to do some hiking and swimming, as well as to visit Deadwood, SD. However, upon news of a family emergency, we loaded up to head to KS a day early.

On the way, as we had planned to do Thursday anyway, we swung through Badlands National Park. There is a scenic drive that takes you off the highway, through the park, and back onto the highway miles down the road. There are a number of lookout points to pull over to hike, take pictures or just rest. It was the perfect end to this portion of our trip!

Many of the stops had walkways allowing you to venture out off the roadway.

The Badlands area is beautiful! All the different stops offer different views and Sean and some of the kids even jumped out for a quick 15 minute hike!

Those are some of my babies up on that ridge!

The two on the left (Sean & Kalea) and the middle two (Caed & Avalynn)!

It is definitely worth the hour or so to drive through if it's on your way!

We have stopped for the night in Sioux Falls as a midway point to KS, but tomorrow we are back on the road! Ready to see family!!