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A Photo Tour of the Beautiful Badlands National Park
While the Dakotas hold some spectacular sites, our South Dakota itinerary would have been incomplete without a visit to Badlands National Park. My first exposure to “badlands” terrain came during a trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern CA. Fascinated to learn more of how badlands are formed and why they’re called ‘badlands’… well,…
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![Custer State Park, South Dakota: Buffalos in the Wild [Updated May 2024]](https://jetsettingwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3214-edited.jpg)
Custer State Park, South Dakota: Buffalos in the Wild [Updated May 2024]
As part of our 7-day trip to the Dakotas, Urmi and I made several drives through Custer State Park in South Dakota. I personally believe state parks are overlooked all too often – they are usually much better funded yet offer a much more raw experience! In this particular case, we made time for CSP…
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![Wind Cave National Park: A Hidden Wonder in the Black Hills [Updated May 2024]](https://jetsettingwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3151-scaled.jpg)
Wind Cave National Park: A Hidden Wonder in the Black Hills [Updated May 2024]
Having just visited Mammoth Cave National Park this past Memorial Day Weekend, we were admittedly a little skeptical whether taking a tour of Wind Cave National Park would be redundant. It turns out that Wind Cave has some unique features, especially for the adventurers out there! Also, after years of watching Disney’s Aladdin, I’ve always…
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![Visiting Mt. Rushmore: Stunning Sculpture in America’s Heartland [Updated May 2024]](https://jetsettingwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3010-edited.jpg)
Visiting Mt. Rushmore: Stunning Sculpture in America’s Heartland [Updated May 2024]
Introduction Amongst the outstanding natural beauty we got to see on our trip around the Dakotas, we did carve out (pun intended!) some time for visiting Mt. Rushmore. As a toddler, back in the days of VHS, my parents would play a children’s tape of patriotic songs. When the tape showed scenes of this incredible…
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![9 Unique Things to Do in South Dakota: Natural and Man-made Splendor [Updated May 2024]](https://jetsettingwithus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3202-scaled.jpg)
9 Unique Things to Do in South Dakota: Natural and Man-made Splendor [Updated May 2024]
Much like North Dakota, South Dakota hadn’t been at the top of my “vacation destination” list. But once Sanjay and I talked about making a trip to visit Badlands National Park, we quickly built ourselves an itinerary of things to do in South Dakota. In fact, we built out our list just focused on attractions…
