South Dakota - The Mount Rushmore State | Uphill Zen

I’ve got a lot of history in South Dakota, so I may be biased, but I love it here!

The Black Hills are gorgeous and the badlands are intriguing. Even the prairies are wonderful in their way! 🙂

Some South Dakota pix

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"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it." ~ Rosalia De Castro #travel #inspiration #southdakota

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Trying not to scratch my ear so I don't accidentally buy a cow! 🐄😱💰 Visiting cousins at the Belle Fourche #Livestock Auction, where one of them works as a vet. It's quite a scene! Whips cracking & a parade of animals passing through - some docilely, others not so much. 😉

The auctioneer keeps up a running patter, at about 500 words per minute. All I can catch is a word here and there - it's like listening to another language! And there's a distinctive aroma... 💩 #southdakota

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Spearfish Canyon is full of color right now! 🌲🍃🍂🍁 Enjoyed a beautiful tour through the Black Hills, visiting places I remember from years gone by - Bridalveil Falls, Roughlock Falls, Lead, Deadwood... Such a wonderful place! 😎👍 #southdakota #fallcolors

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Out on the ranch with some of my cousins, checking on the buffalo. First time this city girl's been that close to 400 of these big animals! #socool #cousinsrock #southdakota #dk

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Wind Cave in #SouthDakota is the most complex maze #cave in the world. They've mapped 145 miles of tunnels so far (perhaps 10%), all under 1 square mile of the surface - an enormous 3D labyrinth. 🌀

Instead of stalactites & stalagmites, this dry cave is covered with this delicate box work. (95% of the world's box work is right here.) The ranger said technically its not really a cave formation, because the box work was already there in the rock before the cave ever eroded around it. Reminds me of Michelangelo & his statues! 😎😊

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