We have planned to visit South Dakota for a long time.
Jennifer and Sergio live in Fargo, ND. SD is right in the middle of Denver and Fargo - it is a perfect mid-spot to meet and hang out.
Along with state of Mississippi, South Dakota banned abortion this year. That includes pregnancy from incestant and raping. Although still pending for legislatural pass, this decision, as a lot of decisions the republican administration has made, disgusted us. For a long time, we have decided not to go to SD because of this.
This summer was a very busy one - George worked hard for his graduation; I had to spend most of the weekends at office. Finally, with the coming labor day weekend, we found a break to get out of Denver. We decided to visit South Dakota. No matter what, people in SD are fighting against this terrible deed. The trip plan includes Wind Cave National Park, Mountain Rushmore and Badlands National Park.
Wind Cave national park is one of unusual ones. We were there around 10 am and 3 hours early for our reservation of a candle light trail in the caves. Knowing our schedule is tight, we decide to take a routine nature trail into the cave. Taking the man-made iron stairs down, we were impressed how deep in the ground this cave is. It is famous for its Boxworks - more than 90% of cave boxworks in the world is in this cave.
Entrance of Wind CaveAfter leaving Wind Cave, we directly drove to Mountain Rushmore. The statues of four presidents are still there, as always. I wonder however, which four presidents' statues would people constitute NOW? I wish Jimmy Carter is one of them.
We stayed in Cedar city overnight - next day we directly headed to Badlands national park. It indeed is a big peice of bad land - more or less like pieces of artifical clays everywhere, with different colors.
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