{"id":597,"date":"2009-08-27T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T00:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/597"},"modified":"2009-08-27T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T00:31:29","slug":"the-sojourn-in-pictures-south-dakota-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/597","title":{"rendered":"The Sojourn in Pictures: South Dakota (part two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 7b in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday: South Dakota (part one)<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, we finish up South Dakota, with the Badlands through Mitchell…<\/p>\n

The Badlands are a bit like a lunar landscape:
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Or perhaps like Mars:
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But with rabbits!
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Our first day there, it was quite stormy:
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There are paths atop most of the formations, leading out from the ridgeline upon which people can walk:
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‘Twas nice and windy too:
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The formations are all quite dramatic, a bit like getting to drive through the base of the Grand Canyon:
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It had cleared up some by the time we headed out for our camping trip:
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We were advised to register in the Backcountry log so someone would know we were out in the hinterlands – there are no other passes, fees, or registrations for Badlands camping!
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Inspiring:
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A view of the rock formation which we camped against:
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See?
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The line cutting diagonally across this formation is a different type of rock that looks for all the world like a ribbon or a sports field line:
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A rabbit?
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An eagle?
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A sunset!
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A moonrise…
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The next morning, it was plenty bright:
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Still windshield with grasshopper:
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One of our hikes later in the day involved this epic ladder:
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It was worth getting to the top, though:
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A Martian metropolis?
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Bubbly formations in close-up:
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One of the widest-spanning views:
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We depart…
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…for Mitchell and the Corn Palace!
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San Francisco, a la corn:
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This is a pretty corny scene:
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Next up: Minnesota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part 7b in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Yesterday: South Dakota (part one) Today, we finish up South Dakota, with the Badlands through Mitchell… The Badlands are a bit like a lunar landscape: Or perhaps like Mars: But with rabbits! Our first day there, it was quite stormy: There are paths atop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,26,31],"tags":[5,67,71],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-just-add-photo","category-summer-sojourn-2009","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-just-add-photo","tag-summer-sojourn-2009"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}