Hike With Us at THE BADLANDS!

Badlands National Park - one of my favorites that my daughter and I visited in the summer of 2017. We were there for the eclipse. We did two great hikes (Notch and Castle Loop Trails) and were able to get some great footage of the beautiful formations. We also made a brief stop at Wall Drug.
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[@AmericasParks]

Music I thought was "free to use" was just monetized by its owner two years later. SORRY for the EXCESSIVE ADS - not my doing!

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

I am always left with a good feeling after watching one of your videos.

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks incredibly encouraging! Really appreciate you sharing that!

[@ginachioco6210]

thank you for sharing for sharing your adventure sir with your daughter thanks also the beautiful view

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks! Those were some memorable trips (2017) with my daughters!

[@TravelRunner]

Great video, I like your sense of humor. Glad to find your channel. Nice work!

[@AmericasParks]

Appreciate the kind words! So many good memories in these older videos. Enjoy your week!

[@royaleevangeline2038]

I’ve been to many of the US national parks. Badlands National Park is definitely one of my favorite parks. You honestly feel like you’re walking on the surface of another planet. I think that the Badlands are one of the most beautiful, amazing, and surreal landscapes on the planet.

[@AmericasParks]

So well said! Totally agree! I believe this National Park is underrated, unnoticed and underappreciated by most. At least that makes for smaller crowds! :) Thanks for the comment!

[@ljwyro]

Have always loved the Badlands. Thanks for taking me back!

[@AmericasParks]

Right on! Such an underrated and special place!

[@karricompton]

We did that back in May and it was wonderful!

[@AmericasParks]

Really cool, Karri - special place! Glad you had a nice time there!

[@babymomx]

Very informative! Thank you. Learned our pass doesn't help at the park and love the prairie dog feed, I wouldn't of known about otherwise!

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks for the feedback, Megan. Glad to hear I could help. The Badlands are a great place to visit!

[@debralynnbailey6527]

Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks, Debra! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@davidcao4040]

"They're the farthest away, maybe they're the ones most neglected." So warm.

[@AmericasParks]

Such an incredible Park! Thanks for watching, David!

[@TravelingGranny]

Thank you for sharing! 👍😘🇬🇧

[@AmericasParks]

My pleasure! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@sweetwildangel1]

Oh how BEAUTIFUL... I ALSO WANTED to say that, your videos are FABULOUS INSPIRING WONDERFUL....I think your camera work is AWESOME!!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAKES ME FEEL AS IF I'M WITH Y'ALL ACTUALLY THERE!

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks so much! After wandering for a few years as to my "video identity" I simply setting into the groove of what I think I do best > what it's like to travel along with me. Glad that comes out as you're watching!

[@9goatman964]

The Badlands are very beautiful and love going to Wall Drug to get the free ice water lol...super vlog!

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks, a really underrated Park!

[@exploringespadrilles6803]

This is funny. We just got back from SD and saw soo many signs advertising for Wall Drug and their Free Ice water. LOL. Next time we will make it over to the Badlands and Wall Drug. This time we visited Deadwood, Spearfish and Mount Rushmore. It was great

[@biancasadventures8463]

Love this video, not just for the hikes but I also loved seeing the prairie dogs.

[@AmericasParks]

Yes, they were really special!

[@biancasadventures8463]

@@AmericasParks thank you so much for sharing. I love all of your videos and it’s great that you guys had a great time

[@AmericasParks]

@@biancasadventures8463 Means a lot to hear that. Thank you!

[@Mikey-Likes-It_101]

Randy, it has been 45 years in June since I visited the Badlands, probably overdue for a return trip - you video inspires me to do so. A strange beauty in those piles of mud, at least that is what I remember. If you drive cross country to this location there must be hundreds of signs for Wall Drug, which goes hand-in-hand with the Badlands (something Kayla will always remember). I camped in a tent there too - the evening was very windy for me as well and the morning was calm, cool and amazing. THANKS FOR TAKING US ON THE HIKES, . . . Mike

[@AmericasParks]

Wow, 45 years! I'm sure you've seen a lot of changes in the NP's!

[@seenationalparks5059]

loved this, heading there this next summer!

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks! Enjoy your trip - the entire Black Hills area is a special place!

[@SenjaAldee]

Supporting your other video.. this hike is fantastic and looks like great weather

[@AmericasParks]

Appreciate the support!

[@beverlystewart5518]

Everything you said DITTO ! I don’t have as many opportunities to visit national parks but I do love seeing your vlogs dearly. Thank you for sharing them.

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks for your kind words, Beverly! I am very encouraged to hear that they bring you much joy!

[@bruceso797]

Hi I’m retiring on April 4 ,2018. Wwe are from Minnesota and our first stop is the Badlands. We have been going there for years and is our favorite spot,maybe because other people don’t think much of it. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Your video really inspires us t get going. Great job

[@AmericasParks]

Totally agree, the Badlands are great and so underappreciated! Thanks for watching and congratulations on your upcoming retirement!

[@bettybrigance6784]

You two are fun....Keep going

[@AmericasParks]

Really appreciate those encouraging words, Betty! Thanks and have a great New Year!

[@benjaminb2034]

I was just here, I loved it!!

[@AmericasParks]

Really cool, Benjamin. Must have just missed you as I was also there about 3 weeks ago. Such an amazing place and glad to hear you had a great time!

[@benjaminb2034]

@@AmericasParks hi! Oh are you going to put up a video of your visit there? We only stayed at the badlands for one night. We stayed at sage creek camp grounds.

[@AmericasParks]

@@benjaminb2034 Looking at releasing a "preview" of the entire trip in 2 weeks. Hope to get the individual Black Hills trip videos up in early 2022.

[@HappyTrailsHiking]

We hiked the notch back in 2004 on our first family vacation! We have a really cool picture of Matt on that ladder! Looking forward to hitting this one in 2018.

[@AmericasParks]

That was such a fun trail. Glad to hear you have the Badlands on your itinerary in 18! It's one of the best!

[@billygarner7362]

Your daughter seemed to enjoy the hiking as well.

[@AmericasParks]

Yeah, so thankful they enjoyed being with the "old man" on those trails. Appreciate the comment, Billy!

[@ElementaryExplorers]

Loved this vlog! You’ve inspired me to make a trip out to the Badlands. Hope the prairie dogs are hungry when we get there - I’m sure my kids would love feeding them. 😀

[@AmericasParks]

Thank you! Definitely one of the Parks where a multiple stay visit can easily be justified. The prairie dog farm was to the right just before the east park entrance. The dogs there are much more accustomed to people than the dogs inside the park.

[@TrekkerPat]

Nice vid of my neck of the woods, glad you enjoyed being there. I was there during the eclipse also, but we don't go Badlands hiking in the summer.....tooooo HOT.

[@AmericasParks]

Cool! Been to almost all the National Parks and IMHO Badlands is one of the most underrated! You live in a great part of the country!

[@debralynnbailey6527]

I will be there with the wind and water should be ok

[@OutdoorMS]

We're going to Badland tomorrow.. Nice guidelines on trails

[@AmericasParks]

Hope you guys have a fantastic time! This video was from our trip in 2017 - so many great memories! Love that place!!!

[@user-yg6dk9eh8g]

Please remember to help the children at Pine Ridge,Reservation,who are going hungry and cold, Please find it in your heart to donate,Thank you

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks for the love and compassion.

[@BeezerMN]

Great video thank-you! I'm planning on taking my adopted son here in July. we're looking at doing the Window/Notch/Door trails in one go. Love your editing skills too. well done.

[@AmericasParks]

Really appreciate your kind words! Hope both of you have a great time. The Badlands are wonderful!

[@BeezerMN]

Thank-you. We're planning on doing a week and a half to two week journey. Starting from MN, going through Nebraska into Colorado Springs, Royal Gorge, Canon City. Then to Mesa Verde and Canyons of the Ancients. Then to Devil's Causeway. Finally swinging back through the Badlands and hitting I-90 and coming back to MN. I've been watching a LOT of your videos for ideas along the way. Can I be part of your family? Looks like you guys have amazing trips. =D

[@AmericasParks]

That's sounds like an epic trip! Be sure to take a lot of pictures - you'll build many great memories! And thanks for your final comments - means a lot me!

[@DestinationEarth]

Bet it was fun climbing that ladder with the camera, lol. Oh those prairie dogs were super cute! You were able to get really close too! They're probably tired of peanuts, lol. Nice footage of the sheep! I don't recall seeing any when I was there - although I wasn't exploring for very long. I do want to go back and explore that area again and actually spend a bit of time there. Very neat shelter over the picnic table! Never seen anything like that before!

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks, Josh! Badlands is one of the best!

[@ltcajh]

Cattle rustlers used to hide out in the Badlands.

[@AmericasParks]

Yeah they picked a good spot. Couldn't imagine trying to find someone in that maze of hardened dirt. Have a great week!

[@phyllispolhemus8056]

That was another awesome video. thanks

[@AmericasParks]

Thank you, Phyllis! 2 years ago with Kayla. The Black Hills of SD are one of my favorite places! Appreciate the comment!

[@TrekkerPat]

Hey, Wall Drug is unique as well, if a tourist trap. We like to eat breakfast there before hiking the Badlands. Wish you had shown the eclipse. We were on the Door Trail for the eclipse. Yes the ladder trail, aka Notch, is a good one, but hard for us to do anymore. Next time try Saddle Pass, hiked my last hike there in 2016, just had to do it 1 more time.

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks for the insights. Always love to visit Badlands - so underrated.

[@RollinRagu]

Enjoyed the video! We, too, found the Prairie Dogs friendly enough, but not interested in the peanuts. I suppose peanuts are shoved at them 24/7. LOL.

[@AmericasParks]

It took a long time, but we finally found a taker! Badlands is a great park!

[@angelawatkins2637]

I agree with you, it is one of my favorite places too. I was there in July and stayed in one of the cabins. A storm came through in the night that was fierce. Great vlog! I also took pictures at sunrise and the colors were amazing, so cool how it changes throughout the day. Did you stop at the Minuteman Missile NH Site? I guess I missed the prairie dogs.

[@AmericasParks]

Yes, the colors make this place especially beautiful and unique! It's really unlike any other place I've visited. As for Minuteman, we went there and I'm currently working on that video. Unfortunately the tours down into the Command Center were all booked, but I visited it back in 2012. Awesome one-of-a-kind experience! Even the Visitor Center was impressive! Have you guys been there?

[@RobertLWard]

Great job Randy.sitting here in the lobby of our hotel in alpine Texas.big bend today! Once i get some good WiFi I'll upload white sands.hit Guadalupe and Carlsbad caverns yesterday.been getting up early and editing in the hotel lobbys !

[@AmericasParks]

You are the man! Uploading on the road - a real KZbin professional! Be careful out there, just read a border patrol guy was killed near the Big Bend area yesterday. Looking forward to watching your new videos, enjoyed the two previous ones.

[@AmericasParks]

Be sure to visit the hot springs at Big Bend! It's right on the Rio Grande.

[@RobertLWard]

Americas Parks loved big bend today.my favorite so far.long drive to chirachu tommorow and the last night in Tucson.sitting here in alpine at a Mexican restaurant.loving me some Texas!

[@AmericasParks]

What did you enjoy the most at Big Bend?

[@RobertLWard]

The Chicos mountains were incredible.

[@HaleyFamily]

nice video we are headed out to the badlands this summer.

[@AmericasParks]

Have a great trip! One of my favorite places!

[@alexisjaeger9734]

C posting here: had to watch with closed caption as I've got two napping little ones here... enjoyed the recap of Bare Hands! Or was it Add Lance? ;)

[@AmericasParks]

Wow, you made me put my thinking cap on for that one! Asking a lot from a preacher on Sunday night! Closed Caption - you win my "Most Dedicated Viewer Award" for the month of November!

[@iemboyshostel]

Very nice videos... Thumps up and Subscribed

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks, appreciate the kind words!

[@jaikwillis]

Whoa, you guys skipped the solar eclipse to hike outside of the totality zone ? Make sure you pick somewhere in the line of apex for 2024 ~ that was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen , nothing like the partial eclipse areas

[@AmericasParks]

Yeah, had the trip planned long before I even knew of the eclipse! :) Appreciate your enthusiasm - makes me want to be more prepared for 2024. Thanks!

[@sweetwildangel1]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE BISON, ITS DELICIOUS💖 Did you catch the dinosaur at 11:12 ? THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR OF THE BADLANDS ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT NEVER KNEW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. I REMEMBER THAT SOLAR ECLIPSE last year 2017...after it happened it became VERY HOT!!!

[@AmericasParks]

The Badlands are great - so unique and beautiful, yet so underestimated.

[@meltdownman1]

So you have to set up the camera ahead and behind for these shots...you are walking double the miles?

[@AmericasParks]

You got it! It's kind of become a joke within the family! :)

[@ShawnMcCall]

I only got a chance to make a quick stop for about an hour... definitely need to spend a few days next time. Sounds like it was windy at night. Nice big horn sheep. It didn't look to crowded.. was it mostly that way while you were there? .

[@AmericasParks]

Yes, this is a great Park that doesn't seem to draw the big crowds (at least in my experience). So much to do at the Badlands - definitely plan a return trip!

[@SenjaAldee]

my god the wind so strong

[@AmericasParks]

Almost blew my daughter over!

[@sirgalahad1470]

14:58 So, it's the 1800s, and some settlers pull up in their covered wagons and see this, and all at once everyone shouts "WTF !?" LOL

[@AmericasParks]

That's exactly what they thought. Beauty for us and a major blockade for them!

[@jacobd373]

Those prairie dogs got nothing on the squirrels at the grand canyon. Will take the food right out your pack!

[@AmericasParks]

That's a great comment, Jacob! So true! Those guys are really aggressive! Have a wonderful week!

[@Zoltoks]

Nice video! I just finished up my southern stronghold table badlands thru hike! 4 days of pristine arid wilderness! I too made a video of it on my channel!

[@AmericasParks]

Congratulations of such an epic adventure. Would really enjoy doing something like that! Need to take a look at your video!

[@jodistreich7410]

Nice video but disagree about Wall Drug we stop every year.

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks, Jodi! Yes, I do think we are in the minority, because so many people really enjoy Wall Drug! Maybe I need to give it another chance! :)

[@harlandeke]

Just curious..I don't know if you will even see this on a two year old vid, but you said this was one of your favorite National Parks and really talked up the beauty, but when you visited Teddy Roosevelt National Park which has even more diverse vegetation, colors and topography..(it even has a river and is has lush vegetation compared to the dry brown sage prarie with no trees in BL)..you both downplayed it, and said the scenery was "repetitive"...I was just wondering what made you feel so differently about TR vs BL? I respect your opinion, but I don't really understand it 🤷‍♂️ They seem so similar to me, and TR actually seems less repetitive and diverse in just about every way...

[@AmericasParks]

Yikes, Dwayne, making this old mind go back to 2017! lol! From what I can recall, you make an excellent point. Sometimes our opinion is less objective and more subjective pertaining to the experience. So many good memories at the Badlands. But yes, TR I'd agree has more diversity with the greener vegetation, wildlife and waterways. Take care!

[@harlandeke]

@@AmericasParks sorry for the following long post.. That is very understandable...I also think that variable things..for example the weather, or aggravation finding a campsite, or if you have had a stressful time just getting to a place, or how you feel physically or emotionally at the time of visit...really affect perception. We visited Windcave and Badlands NPs in 2011 at the tail end of a 16 day trip we took with our three teenagers. We drove from our home in Alabama to Colorado to Rocky Mountain NP, and then on to Grand Tetons NP for three days, and then from there to Yellowstone for three days before heading back home via Devils Tower and the Black Hills region....needless to say, after visiting RMNP, GTNP and Yellowstone, the beautiful Black Hills region parks just kind of underwhelmed us..which in retrospect was my fault for how we planned our trip. If I had it to do over again I would plan that trip in the reverse order. Now I can't wait to revisit Badlands and Wind Cave and really enjoy them for what they are.

[@AmericasParks]

@@harlandeke Well-said! ...and what an epic trip with your whole family!

[@TheGuitarsadist]

I love he Badlands, Black Hills and many of the other great scenic areas of South Dakota even the towns like Deadwood, Sturgis, Lead, Rushmore, Sitting Bull, Needles. As I have said before, enjoy your channel very much, and so many of the Parks you visit, I have been to myself. One of America's best value-our National Parks. If you wish I have some pictures of the Badlands in my website timscamera.com along with a few other taken at many of the places you mention from Red Rock, Valley of Fire, Death Valley, etc. Thanks for the many great post and stories.

[@AmericasParks]

Thanks my friend, heading over right now to check out your pictures. Totally agree, the Black Hill is one of my favorite locations - always a great feeling when I am in that area.

[@AmericasParks]

You do a great job with that camera! Beautiful photographs!

[@wendywiesjahn2343]

Wall drugs=junk :-)

[@AmericasParks]

Yes, personally not a huge fan either. Quick stop to show the daughter and then time to move on! :)