Three pages of images from multiple venues across South Dakota: The images on this page are from two different trips to Badlands National Park. The images on subsequent pages are from the Corn Palace, Wind Cave National Park, and Spearfish Canyon, and National Music Museum, Chamberlain, and Sioux Falls Park.
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Badlands National Park - Interior, South Dakota
August 2007

Pinnacles
[Badlands pinnacles]

Pinnacles Overlook
[Badlands pinnacles overlook into a basin with greenery.]

Yellow Mounds
[Badlands yellow mounds]

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Notch Trail hike in Badlands National Park
May 2008

Sign at the beginning of the trail says: "Notch Trail: One mile round trip. Here's adventure in rough country: a ladder to climb, narrow ledges, and a stunning view of the White River beyond the cliff at the Notch. Supervise children on this hike; there are steep dropoffs. Rough terrain. Wear sturdy boots."

View along the trail
[Notch trail view.]

The ladder one climbs as part of the trail.
[The ladder one climbs as part of the trail.]

Another view of the ladder which is in the center of the photo. (There is a person at the top of the ladder and one standing on the ridge to the left of the ladder.)
[Another view of the ladder.]

Looking back at valley I hiked. (Ladder is at center left edge of photo.)
[Looking back at valley I hiked.]

Trail marker along the ledge
[Trail marker along the ledge.]

Another view of trail markers (Stay to the right of the markers for obvious reasons.)
[Multiple trail markers along the ledge.]

The trail moves away from the edge and one winds through these rocks.
[There is a path in the middle of the image through a bunch of tall rock sections.]

Notch Trail end view
(Image seams touched up by F. J. Garver)
[Multiple photos stitched together showing the vista view at the end of the Notch trail.]

This is a closer view of the center of the prior photo. (The rock outcropping, Cliff Shelf, and the path leading to it are part of the Cliff Shelf trail.)
[A tall light-brown rock outcropping rises from the relatively flat green land around it. There is a light-colored trail through the green groundcover.]

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Cliff Shelf Trail hike in Badlands National Park
August 12, 2007

This is the ground level view of the Cliff Shelf rock and trail.
[A three foot wide dirt path winds across a bridge and the ground to the Cliff Shelf rock. The vegetation is tan grass and some evergreens.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver