Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Badlands National Park of South Dakota

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Badlands of South Dakota
Badlands National Park is located in the White River Badlands and was called mako sica (mako, land and sica, bad) by the Sioux Indians.  The term badlands generally refers to an area that is difficult to travel through primarily because of the rugged terrain and lack of water.  The fascination landscape within the park erodes at a rate of about 1 inch per year, providing an ever-changing landscape.

The back of this postcard has a special postmark from Badlands National Park, Interior.

postmarked in 2013 with a USA flower seed packet stamp
USA stamp 2013
Calendula Flower 
Vintage Seed Packets
forever a first class stamp

2 comments:

ONeal said...

After having seen various postcards of this place, I had been very curious about it. Then, I had the opportunity to visit there a year or so ago. It far surpassed my expectations. The terrain is visually stunning, like nothing I had ever seen before. The roads through the park go on for miles.

Postcard Blogger said...

sounds like a fun place to go for a bike ride