Sleepy Hollow Campground, Wall, SD

 We arrived in Wall on June 30 for a two week visit. The campground is adequate, walking distance to downtown Wall with all the shopping you wish. We didn't use any of the facilities at the park. Be aware that you are next to the railroad tracks. Trains were intermittent but when they came through at night, you knew it by the long whistles. We went to Wall Drugs for breakfast and were disappointed, the eggs and sausage were over cooked and the 5cent coffee was like water. The dough nuts on the other hand were really good.  All the food prices are high but that seems to be the case everywhere.

We were close to the Badlands and visited several different times.  The best adventure was our sunset drive on the ridge road loop. We saw several singular bison, lots of prairie dogs at Prairie Dog Town. As we continued we came upon a herd of bison and calves. This herd seemed to be mostly cows with their calves, at least 50. We were able to sit in the car and watch them graze, the calves suckle and move slowly up a hill. The most interesting thing was coming up to a bison on the road. We slowed down and watched him, while watching him he moved off the road and onto the shoulder, like he knew we were there and let us pass.  We finished the loop and decided to wait for the sunset. The sunset was nice but no clouds so it could have been better. While waiting for the sunset, we saw a big horn sheep on the ridge an adjacent ridge.

Another day we road out to where you can boondock camp (free and no hookups). It was a pretty neat area along what they call the wall. Of course each of the sites have incredible views of the Badlands. We would have liked to spend a few nights there, but the road was real bumpy and uneven and we felt our RV was just too low to safely traverse some of the areas to get to a site.

 The weather was hot and windy; also had two severe thunderstorms with small hail (no damage) and three inches of rain in under two hours.  

Sleepy Hollow Campground website: https://www.sleepyhollowcampgroundsd.com/

Wall Drugs website: https://www.walldrug.com/



 
                           Our site, RV ready for the 4th of July.
 
  
                           Basking in  the glow of sunset.
 
 
                          Sunset from the park

 
                           More sunset
 
 
                            Another day, another sunset, this time with a deer

 
                          Buffalo Grasslands from a boondocking site.
 
 
                            A random Cactus in the grasslands

 
                          One of the Entrance signs
 
 
 
                           Rough, but beautiful country 
 
 
                           The Visitor's Center was nice 

 
                           More Badlands
 
                             A good place to hide
 
                           Residents of Robert's Prairie Dog Town
 
 
                            One of the locals 

 
                            It moved off of the road for us 
 
 
                           One of the Buffalo Herds 

 
                           Another herd with lots of calves

 
                           Wildlife is everywhere

 
                            In the glow of sunset 
 
                           Sunset from the Pinnacles Overlook 

                           It is dusty on the Rim Road


 








 
 




 







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