West trip 2019 #25 Badlands National Park
Sept 19-21st We will have a short travel day through Custer state park 107 miles to Badlands National park. We arrived at Nomad dispersed camping on the cliffs overlooking the Badlands. This is a free boondocking site on BLM land. The road is a little rough on the way in but manageable with 2 wheel drive high clearance. We could have stayed right on the edge but sometimes storms come up quick and a couple months earlier a trailer was blown over the cliff by a freak storm. We decided to play it safe and stay away from edge by 30 or 40 yards. Looking south from camper Our view from Camper door Up early to head to the Windows trail before it gets hot. We take the park road towards the visitor center and stop at several pull offs for a photos along the way. Windows trail is a short .25 mile walk and easy. Afterwards we take in the Cliff shelf Nature trail another short hike (.5 mile). Y...