Badlands of the Dakotas - May 23-29, 2021 - 1 spot left!!
Tuition $1695 - Limited to 8 participants!
Most photographers never get the chance to visit North and South Dakota, but two stunningly beautiful national parks reside there.....Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Badlands National Park. These two parts of the Dakotas provide endless views of of the famous badlands, views overlooking the Little Missouri River, canyons, spires, hoodoos and toadstools. The colors that stretch through these areas are astounding and provide so much variety for the landscape phototographer.
For the wildlife lover, you might get lucky in spotting grazing wild horses, river-crossing bison, chirping prarie dog families and packs of mountain goats.
Also as a treat, we will visit a lesser known state park in Montana for more and different badland overlooks and then a quick trip to Devil's Tower to round off a visit to the entire area. That's 4 states in just one trip!!
This workshop starts on Sunday evening at Badlands National Park, SD on the 23rd and ends on Saturday evening, the 29th at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The 30th would be your fly-out date.
Lodging
There will be 4 hotels during this workshop.....please be sure to book all 4 of the following properties:
Best Western Plains Motel
Badlands National Park
712 Glenn St,
Wall, SD 57790
605-279-2145
Dates: May 23 & 24 (2 nights)
Best Western Devil's Tower
229 S Hwy 24
Hulett, WY 82720
307-467-5747
Dates: May 26 (1 night)
Holiday Inn Express
1919 N Merrill Ave
Glendive, MT 59330
406-377-3300
Dates: May 26 (1 night)
AmericInn by Wyndham
75 E River Rd S.
Medora, ND 58645
844-581-4982
Dates: May 27, 28, 29 (3 nights)
NOTE: Ask for the GROUND floor for all of these Best Western properties since they do NOT have elevators.
Airport options:
There are 2 options for the nearest airports:
1) Bismark International Airport, ND - BIS
2) Rapid City Airport, SD - RAP
Please be aware these two airports are in different time zones....Bismark is Central and Rapid City is Mountain. Please make sure you consider this time difference in your planning.
There will be a LOT of driving on this trip, so figure out which airport will work best for you or if you want to fly into one and out of the other. The most efficient trip would be to fly in to Rapid City and out of Bismark.
Also, you may want to consider if you would like to come early or stay late to see a few places of interest that are not included on the workshop.....such as Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, the Crazy Horse monument and the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway and Wind Cave National Park.
Vehicle Transportation
You are responsible for your transportation to and from each location on the workshop.
There are rental car companies at each of the above-listed airports. We will be driving a LOT on this trip. You may want to share a vehicle with someone since we will carpool anyway. But that could be limited if you decide to come in early or stay late for other activities.
For this Workshop
Packing - You will need to plan and pack for layers for this workshop. We will go through possible temperatures from 40-80 degrees during our time in the Dakotas.
Exertion - There will not be much hiking on this workshop, so it will be a fairly physically low exertion workshop, although we will do the usual sunrise and sunsets most days. So keep in mind the days are LONG in the Dakotas during late Spring and early Summer.
