Still to Visit: South Dakota

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Yeah, I know. Warm weather in December usually means we’re gonna pay for it somehow (either with severe weather [we have had tornado warnings on New Year’s Day] or a blizzard) down the road. But that day isn’t today. It’s still unseasonably warm (high 50s), so I’m going to enjoy it! It’s not the right time of the year to travel (unless you’re going someplace perpetually warm), so I’ll contemplate where to go next. How about one of the eleven states I haven’t visited yet? Like this one! Haven’t visited: South Dakota I hear they have some badlands there. Yep, the Badlands National Park is in South Dakota. There’s also the “northern Stone Mountain.” (Truth be told, Gutzon Borglum, who was the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, also worked on Stone Mountain in Georgia, but his contributions never surfaced because of disagreements with the financial backers.) There’s yet more Lewis and Clark Trail to see (dang, those guys went more places than Hank Snow! ), and the wide Missouri River (how strange to have the Missouri River in South Dakota, huh?). And there’s DeSmet. There you’ll find a number of sites surrounding the life of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder. I hear South Dakota calling me to come visit! South Dakota 38th/39th state (with North Dakota) Admitted: 1889 Capital: Pierre RV Lifestyle taking a trip to South Dakota: