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Our National Park Trips Timeline

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National Parks Travel Timeline

I officially LOVE reading lists of travels like the one we’re sharing here! Putting together our National Park trips timeline was therapeutic in a sense. In creating this, I got to see my own growth and development that has been directly shaped by the travel I have completed. Lists like this are also interesting because you get to see the logistical fit of the sites visited. I will do my best to group itineraries and link to things we may have shared on this site that can help with your own planning. A couple of other guiding thoughts: since we both work full time jobs, we usually have one “major” trip each year and several others on the periphery we like to visit as many sites as we can fit into our limited vacation days, so the pace of our trips is often pretty fast I’m only including parks that…

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South Dakota Road Trip Itinerary: An Epic South Dakota 7 Day Itinerary to National Parks and More

Itinerary 33 Mins Read
Badlands National Park

It’s time to plan your South Dakota Road Trip! With 6 National Park units in the area, diverse State Parks and legendary towns, there are plenty of adventures to be had. But can you visit them all when you only have one week to travel? This one week South Dakota itinerary will take you on a road trip to the various National Parks and other special places in South Dakota! We share South Dakota 7 day itinerary below. We visited the Presidents at Mount Rushmore, the Coyotes at Wind Cave and the aliens at Devil’s Tower – and you can too! South Dakota 7 Day Itinerary at a Glimpse Day 0: Arrive in Rapid City, South DakotaDay 1: Visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Crazy Horse Memorial and Jewel Cave National MonumentDay 2: Explore Devil’s Tower National Monument, Sturgis and Spearfish Canyon Scenic BywayDay 3: Drive the Needles Highway and Visit…

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Coyote Lovely: A Vignette

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#NatureWritingChallenge A memorable animal encounter on public lands. One hour. Unedited. Go! #FindYourPark #ParkTripsAndMore

#NatureWritingChallenge Topic: A memorable animal encounter on public lands. Check out the challenge here. (Note: Rules for this challenge include writing, unfiltered, on the topic for no more than one hour. Please forgive typos and incomplete thoughts ) From the Eyes of Coyote Lovely It is a warm spring morning, the air is crisp, the buffalo are lazily grazing, and the deer stroll, reluctant to show their faces to passersby. I am hidden from sight, enjoying the return to peace from the harsh South Dakota winter – my second at Wind Cave National Park. The high-pitched yip of my mother wafts on the light current of air and mixes with the fresh scent of prairie grasses. This perfect combination of invisible scent and promising sound caresses my youthful face. Mother has found the object of our delight: a mid-morning meal! Her voice stirs me to action and I call back…

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