July 17, 2011 - Badlands National Park

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Saturday, July 16

Travel Day: Norman OK to Valentine NE

Sunday, July 17

Valentine NE to Badlands National Park to Rapid City SD 
July 16 Weather:
  Lows: Oklahoma City OK: 79
  Highs: Valentine NE: 98
July 17 Weather:
  Lows: Valentine NE: 73
  Highs: Badlands NP: 103; Rapid City (WFO): 98; Rapid City (airport): 99
Hikes/Walks: 2.8 miles
Multiple small hikes in Badlands National Park
We went straight from Valentine to Badlands National Park and worked our way east to west across the park, stopping at the various overlooks and vistas for photographs.

We went into Wall and visited the famous Wall Drug and planned to get lunch there. But it was too busy and touristy, so we found a Dairy Queen instead.

After lunch, we went back to the park and did more overlooks. We didn't do any significant hiking since it was quite warm.

For sunset photos, we went to the White River Valley Overlook.