01
Nov
Palisades State Park
Pink quartzite, a nearly empty campground, and a surprising little corner of eastern South Dakota
6 min read
South Dakota
28
Oct
Snake Creek Recreation Area
Three quiet nights along what I thought was the Missouri River
4 min read
22
Oct
Badlands National Park
Three nights at Cedar Pass exploring the geology, fossils, prairie, and complicated history behind the Badlands
11 min read
17
Oct
Black Hills National Forest
A quiet camp near Sheridan Lake gave us five days inside a landscape of granite spires, cave country, old flume tunnels, and high-country trails
8 min read
11
Oct
Custer State Park
Granite spires, narrow tunnels, bison, burros, and golden-hour prairie made this one easy to underestimate and hard to forget
7 min read
06
Oct
Wind Cave National Park
Boxwork, bison, and a breathing cave made this one of the more surprising national parks I’ve visited
7 min read
30
Sep
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
An extraordinary achievement carved into a landscape with a much older and complicated history
7 min read