The weather broke for several hours yesterday, so we went hiking in the Badlands. We honestly could imagine being pioneers hiking thru the grasslands.
Why wasn't this sign in the parking lot instead of miles into the hike??!!
Then we came to slick clay/mud in the eroded areas:
Afterwards we visited a sod homesteaders house that was built around 1910 and was still lived in 'til about 1950. The homesteader was 55 when he decided to to it in 1910(!!!). He moved to this land, built the house, and lived there happily with his wife and child 'til they were quite old.
This was life on the prarie into the middle 1900's. The rural electrification program had not reached this homestead.
It did have extra bathroom capacity-- a two holer.
Today is raining hard, so we're going to Rapid City --- plan B.
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