After a long day of travelling and seeing the first half of the park, we decided to call it a day and made sure to get well rested and get ready for the next day. On day two we spent the first half of the day touring the less visited, but especially beautiful south unit of the park. Though the furthest overlook is a full two hours away it is totally worth the drive. Make sure to stop by sheep mountain table, the school of mines canyon, and red shirt overlook.
View of School of Mines Canyon
Presenting the ProRanger Plaque
Sunset: Awesome intern benefit
After visiting the south unit we made a tactical lunch stop to help refuel and continue our tour. At this point we went for a hike on the castle trail where we ran into some big horn sheep and adventured through seeing the park from a different angle. Afterwards we took a drive to the famous town of Wall and got dinner before heading to the night program held by Ranger Brad who gave a talk going over all the Badlands Bats.
The next day we headed over to Mount Rushmore to continue the tour and see one of the most famous monuments in the country. Through the day we toured the monument, the visitor center, and areas of the Black Hills surrounding the monument. A different type of landscape than the Badlands the views are still breathtaking.
After visiting Rushmore and getting some time I made sure to get some sleep, some if it was while peacefully enjoying the Badlands scenery.
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