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Blog about living and doing research in Berkeley, California.
Even though we had already experienced many national parks, we found both the Balck Hills as well as the Badlands impressive. Upon our arrival, a heard of bisons welcomed us to Black Hills, which we entered through Custer State park. We took the Needles Highway, a scenic drive to Mount Rushmore. We could see the …
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Teton National Park through which we drove on our way to Black Hills was stunning although it has not deserved as much attention as Yellowstone. There were lots of relatively short and tempting hiking trails around the area. The mountains ruled the scenery. Throughout our travels in different places and countries, we had developed a …
Continue reading "Wyoming and South Dakota: From rocky mountains to black hills"
Our first day in the Yellowstone national park began with an exploration of the Mammoth Springs. The walk took us around the spring area to admire the paths the vulcanic water had made around the area. The lodge area right next to Mammoth springs unfortunately somewhat spoiled the view from up the springs - why …
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Galina Kallio 