Two RV Gypsies at Badlands Petrifed Gardens in South Dakota

Lee and Karen Duquette, The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers at Badlands Petrified Gardens I90-Exit 152 on Highway 16 Kadoka, South Dakota May 16, 2016 phone '605.837.2448 for hours

Badlands Petrified Gardens is an unique outdoor park with supposedly the largest petrified trees and logs ever found in the Badlands area, plus an indoor museum features prehistoric Badlands mammal and sea fossils, extensive florescent mineral display, agates, rock, plus mineral and crystal specimens. On this date it was Open mid-April to late October, but things may change as the years go by. The two RV Gypsies cannot control if things change after they have posted anything on this, their own personal website. Karen Duquette built this website so they can remember where they went, when they went, and if they wish to return to places or not. But she does hope other travelers explore and enjoy the website, and sign their guestbook.

The Gardens are a grassy compound, hidden from non-paying customers behind a high fence (as shown in the above photos). It is dotted with petrified wood stumps, logs, and piles as shown above. "Collected here so that all may see one of the wonders of nature" says one of the attraction's many signs. The signs serve as substitutes for a tour guide, and somehow it is funnier to read than to hear statements such as, "The ends of this log look as if beavers gnawed them."

















Below: Karen Duquette photographed her reflection in a window, using her big Nikon camera.









Below: A particularly large, very complicated sign gives a biblical chronology of the Earth, with a precise 371 days assigned to the Flood.

Below: Another particularly large, very complicated sign of a Geological Time chart.

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette explored Indoors, and liked the small museum which included a fluorescent rock display (the promised Atomic Rainbow) and lots of rocks sitting on little hand-built shelves -- with yet more helpful signs. Two of the two RV Gypsies' favorite exhibits, unique to this museum, were, "Granite drill holes from Washington's nose," and "Mud boulder resembles ham." (photos are shown below)









Below: A florescent mineral display, agates, rock, mineral and crystal specimens.

Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
at Badlands Petrified Gardens
I90-Exit 152 on Highway 16
Kadoka, South Dakota
May 16, 2016
phone '605.837.2448 for hours

The Gardens are a grassy compound, hidden from non-paying customers behind a high fence (as shown in the above photos). It is dotted with petrified wood stumps, logs, and piles as shown above.

"Collected here so that all may see one of the wonders of nature" says one of the attraction's many signs. The signs serve as substitutes for a tour guide, and somehow it is funnier to read than to hear statements such as, "The ends of this log look as if beavers gnawed them."

Below: Karen Duquette photographed her reflection in a window, using her big Nikon camera.

Below: A particularly large, very complicated sign gives a biblical chronology of the Earth, with a precise 371 days assigned to the Flood.

Below: Another particularly large, very complicated sign of a Geological Time chart.

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette explored Indoors, and liked the small museum which included a fluorescent rock display (the promised Atomic Rainbow) and lots of rocks sitting on little hand-built shelves -- with yet more helpful signs.

Two of the two RV Gypsies' favorite exhibits, unique to this museum, were, "Granite drill holes from Washington's nose," and "Mud boulder resembles ham." (photos are shown below)

Below: A florescent mineral display, agates, rock, mineral and crystal specimens.

Menu for the two RV Gypsies in South Dakota
May 15 - 20, 2016
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South Dakota Welcome Center/Rest Area/travel

Travel photos in South-Central SD

Mitchell Corn Palace

Badlands Petrified Gardens - site 14 (this page)

Wall Drug, the Jackalope and more- site 14

Rapid City, The Berlin Wall, and more- site 15

Bear Country USA with a link to 1987

Chapel in the Hills

Cosmos Mystery Area

Dinosaur Park in Rapid City

Formal Gardens and sundial in Rapid City

Pactola Lake, part of Black Hills National Forest

Presidential Statues in Rapid City

Marlins Restaurant

Below: CAMPGROUNDS THE TWO RV GYPSIES STAYED AT IN SD

Sioux City North KOA in North Sioux City, SD

Hills RV Park in Plankinton, SD

Belvidere East Exit 170 KOA in Midland, SD

Three Flags RV Park in Black Hawk, SD

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Lee and Karen Duquette, The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers at Badlands Petrified Gardens I90-Exit 152 on Highway 16 Kadoka, South Dakota May 16, 2016 phone '605.837.2448 for hours

The Gardens are a grassy compound, hidden from non-paying customers behind a high fence (as shown in the above photos). It is dotted with petrified wood stumps, logs, and piles as shown above.

"Collected here so that all may see one of the wonders of nature" says one of the attraction's many signs. The signs serve as substitutes for a tour guide, and somehow it is funnier to read than to hear statements such as, "The ends of this log look as if beavers gnawed them."

Below: Karen Duquette photographed her reflection in a window, using her big Nikon camera.

Below: A particularly large, very complicated sign gives a biblical chronology of the Earth, with a precise 371 days assigned to the Flood.

Below: Another particularly large, very complicated sign of a Geological Time chart.

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette explored Indoors, and liked the small museum which included a fluorescent rock display (the promised Atomic Rainbow) and lots of rocks sitting on little hand-built shelves -- with yet more helpful signs.

Two of the two RV Gypsies' favorite exhibits, unique to this museum, were, "Granite drill holes from Washington's nose," and "Mud boulder resembles ham." (photos are shown below)

Below: A florescent mineral display, agates, rock, mineral and crystal specimens.

Menu for the two RV Gypsies in South Dakota May 15 - 20, 2016 You may view these adventures in any order your choose.

Badlands Petrified Gardens - site 14 (this page)

Wall Drug, the Jackalope and more- site 14

Rapid City, The Berlin Wall, and more- site 15

Bear Country USA with a link to 1987

Below: CAMPGROUNDS THE TWO RV GYPSIES STAYED AT IN SD

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Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
at Badlands Petrified Gardens
I90-Exit 152 on Highway 16
Kadoka, South Dakota
May 16, 2016
phone '605.837.2448 for hours

Menu for the two RV Gypsies in South Dakota
May 15 - 20, 2016
You may view these adventures in any order your choose.

Continue Navigation in any year, any place, in the order of your choice
via the alphabetical or category buttons below