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Badlands National Park
A road-trip stop through South Dakota.
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Where travelers stay
Lodging 1
Cedar Pass Lodge or a Wall, SD area hotel
Lodging 2
Fly home / no lodging needed
Lodging 3
Cabin rental (same as Day 1)
Lodging 4
Same Black Hills cabin
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