Must Have Outdoors

products from Browning Camping. We headed north and drove across Missouri and most of Nebraska. We enjoyed the changing scenery as we left Missouri. Our first campsite was on the Niobrara River in Northern Nebraska. Weather reports gave us warnings of severe thunderstorms and tornado watches, but we survived the night and headed out early to Badlands National Park in South Dakota. The scenery is amazing, but Katie was more impressed with the thousands of hay bales we saw on the way up.

We reached the badlands and were amazed with what the Almighty had created. If you are ever in the area, I strongly suggest visiting the park. That afternoon we headed to our next destination, Custer State Park. We were happy to see clean campgrounds with even cleaner restroom and shower facilities. The entire park is very well maintained and has a great family atmosphere. We set up camp and enjoyed some food by the campfire.

The next morning we headed to see Mount Rushmore but our progress was slowed down by some of the parks Buffalo herd. It was awesome seeing these amazing animals so close and took some pictures and continued on. Mount Rushmore is truly incredible. What those workers were able to create with the technology they had is a testament to their craftsmanship.

Touring Custer State park was next on or agenda and the park had excellent roads and hiking trails to enjoy wildlife and habitat the park offers. That evening brought rain but we stayed high and dry in our Browning Camping tent.

The next day we headed to Winner, SD to the farm I pheasant hunt at every year to check on the farm. By the looks of the crop and how many pheasants we saw, it should be a good pheasant season this year. That night we camped on the west side of South Dakota and enjoyed seeing a movie in the local small town of Platte. After a 10 hour drive the next day we made it home safely. The trip was fast and fun, check out pictures from the trip on our Facebook fan page.

  - Andrew