Yellowstone & Badlands National Parks

Yellowstone National Park

Hi everyone,

Our planning for the 8 week adventure in June & July is really progressing well.

All of the Airbnb and hotel accommodation for the USA sector (in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and South Dakota) has been selected and deposits paid. Starting with Denver we'll stay with Airbnb hosts in small midwestern villages around the perimeter of  the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

Yellowstone National Park

Grand Teton National Park

After Yellowstone, we're going to be stopping overnight in Buffalo, Wyoming before we spend three nights at a Lodge in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

Badlands National Park

To give you a good idea of what we'll see, 'Dances with Wolves' and 'Thunderheart' were both filmed in Badlands National Park. The Lakota (Native American) people were the first to refer to this place "land bad." due to the extreme temperatures, lack of water, and the exposed rugged terrain.

On the way to Badlands National Park we also plan to visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial where four of the early US Presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln) have been carved into the mountain face.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Numerous new fossil species have been discovered in the White River Badlands - terrain that has developed an international reputation as a fossil-rich area. They contain the richest deposits of Oligocene mammals known, providing an insight into life in this area around 33 million years ago.

Here's a just a glimpse of the unique Badlands landscape we're looking forward to seeing.

https://youtu.be/brZzLyzaXbA