Dancing Across the USA: Our 4th Camping spot in the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota: A DANCE FLOOR!

We are now at our fourth camping spot in the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands.  We are nestled up against Badlands National Park (literally a few feet away).  This give us the best of both worlds---we are allowed to camp in the Grasslands and hike in the Badlands.

We have been here seven days now and not a single other car has driven to the end of the road where we are.  Such privacy.  And beauty.

Most days it is windy.  And nice. 

Our site:

One reason we chose this spot is because of the fairly large and flat dirt surface next to us.  We realized that we had found a dance floor.  

So, of course it was imperative that we used it.

Here we are dancing:

Link showing us DANCING ACROSS THE USA!!!!

Some photos of our hikes from this spot:

One day we explored up a small, narrow canyon (of which there seem to be few here).  We thought we might be able to get to the other side of the small mountain range.

As opposed to other canyons, which are primarily formed from rock, these are all dirt.  That's because that is what the Badlands hills and mountains consist of--dirt.

We had to stop when we ran into a rattlesnake.  He was unwilling to budge.  That's his call.

We found other interesting wildlife in this small, narrow passageway.

One time I stepped on what looked to be a damp spot to find out that it was actually a few inches of mud.  And I sank into it (and made a mess of my shoes and pants).

Out hopped a frog that had been hiding in it.  A good sized one, actually.  About 4-5 inches long.

See it?  It uses the mud for camouflage.

We also saw a Praying Mantis having its dinner.