2025 Summer Vacation: Badlands National Park

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So far in our 2025 vacation journey we've been to TX, NM, AZ, UT, ID and Yellowstone which resides in 3 states including WY & MT as well as ID! Today we're heading to SD and Badlands National Park but first we stay overnight at 7th Ranch RV Camp in Garryowen, Montana. This gorgeous campground is surrounded by mountain pastures and boasts of beautiful sunsets and sunrises. The bathroom is equipped with large, spacious stalls, is nicely decorated and clean, clean, clean with papertowels to dry your hands - which as you know always makes me happy. 😆

We only stayed one night, so there was no time to visit area attractions, but if you have time, there is plenty to see and do.

The next day on the way to our destination in Wall, SD, along the I-90 corridor, we were greeted with beautiful, rolling green hills dotted with pronghorn sheep and antelope. But before that, we stopped for gas at an Exxon about 60 miles before Gillette, WY. There we found friendly service and clean restrooms as well.

We arrived at Sleepy Hollow Campground, a nice place to stay for a day or so. Their shower stalls were huge and the place was clean and had a dog park on site - which is always nice if you're bringing your pet along with you!

With only 1 full day to visit Badlands National Park, we set out early the next morning and saw buffalo, prarie dogs (whole 'towns' of them!) and pronghorn sheep. But what is so amazing about Bandlands is the terrain!

You're driving along and seeing green grass then everything changes and you find this...

Sharp, jagged peaks in large ravines. Can you imagine trying to traverse this on horseback or wagons?!

No wonder they call it 'badlands'.

Here are a couple of videos to give you a better view...

After 2 afternoons/nights and a full day in Wall (yes, we visited the 76,000 sq. ft. western-themed mall but if you know me, or learned from my post on Heathrow Airport, you know I'm not a big shopper LOL!) we headed south with only 1 more tourist destination in mind before home.

I'll share that one and the stops we made along the way in my next post, so stay tuned!

Until next time, travel happy.

PamT