south dakota

[youmeandthemoon]

i was just in south dakota. it was so beautiful, so peaceful, so big and wonderful that i decided to post some pictures. yes.

Comments

[autumn_wander]

It's hard to believe that these pictures are of real places -- this approaches nothing I've ever seen before.

[youmeandthemoon]

the photos don't even begin to do it justice. in particular, they don't capture the silence and the expanse. i could not recommend a trip out there more highly, particularly if you're finding stress in other aspects of life (i hope i'm not overstepping my bounds to say that). we also saw bison. !

[autumn_wander]

You're not overstepping your bounds. Lives get stressful sometimes, and mine's dipped into its resevoir a bit. It happens. Silence and expanse sounds like exactly what I need; when I turn 25, I'll rent a car and take a roadtrip.

And bison! I've never even touched a cow (I saw a few from a window once or twice).

[anonymous]

Wait, South Dakota borders Iowa?

Man, my U.S. geography is clearly lacking ...

[youmeandthemoon]

for a little tiny bit at the bottom.

i used to think that the dakotas, montana, wyoming, colorado, and to some extent nebraska, kansas, and minnesota were some weirdo blob just west of chicago. i feel you.

[robtricks]

That was me, BTW ... somehow I got logged out.

Yeah! I know what you mean ... it always blew my mind that Wyoming was farther north than Colorado. And I always forget that Indiana is between Ohio and Illinois.

[lexingtonpeach]

Wow...those look like they're fresh out of National Geographic.
Almost makes me want to live in the Midwest. Or just...buy National Geographic and read it from the comfort of a noisy urban home.