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<\/a><\/p>\nTeresa had recommended that I make a small detour through the Badlands to experience some highly scenic scenes. I didn’t really need to, since I saw some nice views just on the highway out of Mission:<\/p>\n
But despite these other nice views,<\/p>\n though they were quite scenic,<\/p>\n I took her recommendation (Couchsurfing tip: take all the recommendations of your hosts unless you are 100% positive you won’t like it. Hosts know what’s up<\/em>.) and saw an incredibly scenic bunch of scenes in the Badlands. You’ll want to be clicking these.<\/p>\n Then I and the Lovemobile took one last long look out over the Badlands before saying goodbye.<\/p>\n But wait! There’s more! I was headed to Wyoming and passed through Rapid City. I seemed to recall Mount Rushmore being in Rapid City, so I started following signs for Mount Rushmore. I also saw a sign that made me feel at home.<\/p>\n It turns out I was wrong. Mount Rushmore is like 20 miles south of Rapid City. But by the time I realized this I was too far along to turn back. So I ended up being later than I would have liked to my host in Wyoming, but I did get to see the Mount… from afar. I approached from the side,<\/p>\n then realized I’d driven around and was on the way back down!<\/p>\n I wasn’t about to pay the ghastly fee just to park for a couple minutes, so I pulled over by the entrance to the lot and grabbed this super-zoomed in shot before I left. Sorry, it’s the best I could manage in those conditions.<\/p>\n NEXT: I ask my friend Ming what reason she had for choosing the 15th letter of the alphabet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The next day I was headed out of Mission on to Wyoming. Teresa had recommended that I make a small detour through the Badlands to experience some highly scenic scenes. I didn’t really need to, since I saw some nice … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n