Badlands National Park Spearfish to Chamberlain August 1, 2016 Miles Driven: 278 Parks Visited: 1   As I sit down to write this entry, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly just came on television. How oddly appropriate given that I just passed through the Badlands and got a belly full of Western kitsch in Wall,…

Jewel Cave National Monument In Spearfish July 31, 2016 Miles Driven: 205 Parks Visited: 1   I did it! And it was great! What might that ‘it’ be, you ask? Today I dared myself to take the ~800 step, Scenic Cave Tour at Jewel Cave and I finished without having to be rescused. Basically, I started…