Kicked off June in Deadwood, ending in Sturgis.  South Dakota bookends – with a HUGE Bighorn chapter in-between.  Black Hills tomorrow will DOUBLE my lifetime ultra tally.  Six 50k finishes in 6 months (with two late-year treks to go).  Whole lotta trail, lotta new adventure.

2019 2^nd Half – back to Canada.  Saskatchewan, Montreal and Yellowknife.  Family RUN-cations booked in Iceland & Austria.  7^th continent reality over Thanksgiving break.  Blessed life.

Friday puddle-jumper to Rapid City, half-day hike before shuteye.

Welcome to the Badlands.  Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Wind Cave, Custer State Park, even the Corn Palace.  South Dakota three times – but never ever Badlands.  ‘Til today.

Hour-half ride to Interior in a tricked-out F150.  Nice ride.  Boys & trucks.

Summer HEAT.  Following 6 weeks of climate-change monsoons, even the Badlands was flower blooming.  Ranger recommendation?  Notch Trail.  Rock walls, fields of YELLOW.  Easy 2-mile hike & rope stairs UP.  Allows ya to hike the canyon rim.  FAAANNNNTASTIC!  Sign me up!

Desert hike.  Desert heat.  And a view you’ll long remember ❤️

Badlands National Park – add to the list, HIGHLY recommended.  WOW’d.

Notch Trail (Badlands Nat’l Park)

Badlands National Park