It rained again early this morning. And it was really cold last night, with the wind blowing off the river. I had to pull out my winter pj’s and bedroom booties. We rode around and got a better look at the campground this morning – it is really nice – lot’s of space, clean, trees, spread out. Saw a bald eagle flying down the river as I was walking this morning. We left around 11:00 headed to Custer, but we will be staying close to the Badlands. Very foggy, then it began misting rain for the whole ride. Saw some different wildlife – two huge whitetail deer ran across the road in front of us, saw a couple of pronghorns, some mule deer, and for the first time I saw pheasants – two males flew in front of us. They were beautiful. We made it to the campground around 3:00 PM (Mountain Time) – we are about 1 mile from the entrance to the Badlands National Park. We have a pretty view from the campground. We went to the only place close to eat – a bar/grille and then we rode into the park. For the first time ever, we parked the truck and got out and actually hiked two short, easy trails in the Badlands – probably a little over a mile. How’s that for two new knees? Made it back to the camper – we bought a frozen Pepperidge cake and had a piece for Tony’s birthday today and Mother’s day. And now for some pictures.
Our campground on the Missouri River from last night.
And in the Badlands.
And there is a little less of me – no sugar, no carbs (well, just a little every now and then) and a whole lot of walking.
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