Landscape Badlands/Black hills portion of our Western trip

Badlands/Black hills portion of our Western trip · **1 Like**

A few images from the first part of our Western trip. The lighting and scenery were not as inspiring as the Tetons, but we enjoyed the area even though it was 102 the day we were in the Badlands. At least we had a nice sunset. Sylvan Lake in Custer Park was a great place to hike, and while Scenic SD is still on the map, we saw no signs of life there. The evening ceremony at Mt Rushmore was impressive. We were at Devils Tower around noon, so the light was really harsh, but the schedule did not allow more time there.

Aaron28 · 07-02-2016, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by markvc

A few images from the first part of our Western trip

awesome! I really want to visit there and do the same plus some night sky

**paulh** · 07-02-2016, 12:10 PM

Nice set of photos! One of my bucket list destinations as well.

slowpez · 07-03-2016, 06:39 AM

Thanks for sharing the rest of your tour. That temperature can be a real killer though. See you made it to the lighting ceremony at Mt. Rushmore. Enjoyed the series.

Adam · 07-11-2016, 09:44 PM

That's one cool looking mountain at the end!

**paulh** · 07-12-2016, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by Adam

That's one cool looking mountain at the end!

Devils Tower. You never saw "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ?

SpecialK · 07-12-2016, 08:21 AM

Nice shots. Coincidentally I just got a bunch of canvas prints hung up this weekend of my vacation through there. You had better sky but I had lower temps :-)

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07-02-2016, 11:47 AM	#2
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by markvc A few images from the first part of our Western trip awesome! I really want to visit there and do the same plus some night sky

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paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262	Nice set of photos! One of my bucket list destinations as well.

07-03-2016, 06:39 AM	#4
slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,462	Thanks for sharing the rest of your tour. That temperature can be a real killer though. See you made it to the lighting ceremony at Mt. Rushmore. Enjoyed the series.

07-12-2016, 08:10 AM	#6
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262	Originally posted by Adam That's one cool looking mountain at the end! Devils Tower. You never saw "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ?

07-12-2016, 08:21 AM	#7
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,480	Nice shots. Coincidentally I just got a bunch of canvas prints hung up this weekend of my vacation through there. You had better sky but I had lower temps :-)