{"id":203,"date":"2018-09-01T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T07:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2018-09-01T03:21:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T07:21:13","slug":"dinosaurs-and-the-badlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/01\/dinosaurs-and-the-badlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaurs and The Badlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 2018<\/p>\n<p>If you read my earlier post about Agate Fossil\u00a0Beds then you know I like dinos but mostly the bone kind, however, there seems to be an abundant supply of large green dinosaurs in the Rapid City area.<\/p>\n<p>There is one on the top of a hill in Rapid City that I haven&#8217;t found the way up to yet, but it&#8217;s on my list.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-221\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dinos-everywhere-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dinos-everywhere.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dinos-everywhere.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dinos-everywhere.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dinos-everywhere.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then there is this one.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-204\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tooling down the rt44\u00a0 on the way to The Badlands, and this\u00a0large dinosaur is sitting in the middle of a field. This one I turned around for, so I could get a picture to prove that there are dinosaurs everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The little town of Scenic is. Next, I got a nice picture of the old Jail but nothing was opened when I went through, but there are signs of life, maybe another time.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-208\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scenic-SD-JAil.jpg?resize=300%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scenic-SD-JAil.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scenic-SD-JAil.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scenic-SD-JAil.jpg?resize=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Scenic-SD-JAil.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Approaching the Badlands National Park, there is excellent scenery even before to enter the park itself.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-207\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd-13.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd-13.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd-13.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd-13.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once inside it is amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of trails to hike both short and long and all are &#8221; take your breath away&#8221; beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bd3.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After stopping at the Visitor\u00a0Center for my passport stamp and token, I headed back west on the loop road and stopped every chance I could to take in the wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bg-resting.jpg?resize=300%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bg-resting.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bg-resting.jpg?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bg-resting.jpg?resize=1024%2C863&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bg-resting.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3849.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3849.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3849.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3849.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3849.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?resize=287%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?resize=768%2C802&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?resize=981%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3796.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did go up to Wall SD but didn&#8217;t stop this time it was to busy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2018 If you read my earlier post about Agate Fossil\u00a0Beds then you know I like dinos but mostly the bone kind, however, there seems to be an abundant supply of large green dinosaurs in the Rapid City area. There is one on the top of a hill in Rapid City that I haven&#8217;t found &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/01\/dinosaurs-and-the-badlands\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dinosaurs and The Badlands&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[25,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SD-Wildlife.jpg?fit=4608%2C3456&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Kyk-3h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rv-bohoboomer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}