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Home » Photography » Northern Road Trip » Northern Road Trip – Part 2

Northern Road Trip – Part 2

August 2007: This is the second of a three-part gallery chronicling my Northern Road Trip (NRT) with Kristina Caggiano and Manuchehr Taghizadeh-Popp. After departing Wall, South Dakota and its famous (and massive) drug store, we drove to Custer State Park, where the buffalo (and birds, prairie dogs, deer, donkeys, etc.) roam. On the northern edge of the park lies the gorgeous Sylvan Lake which offers opportunities for swimming and hiking through a striking rock valley. We paid an obligatory visit to Mt. Rushmore, paid our respects to national legends in Deadwood, and attended the world’s largest motorcycle rally in Sturgis. On our way to Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, we passed by Devil’s Tower and through the most spectacular lightning storm I’ve ever had the privilege to photograph. The gallery concludes with photos of our passage through dry, wildfire-ravaged regions.

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custer-state-park-two-buffalo
custer-state-park-baby-buffalo

custer-state-park-a-lone-antelope
custer-state-park-the-march-of-the-fowl
custer-state-park-a-donkey-approaches-cagg-and-manu
custer-state-park-bikers-look-at-donkey-looking-at-our-car

custer-state-park-bikers-photograph-our-donkey
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custer-state-park-view-of-central-park-from-the-west
custer-state-park-prairie-dog-comes-out-of-his-hole

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custer-state-park-prairie-dog-looks-right
custer-state-park-prairie-dog-in-the-green-grass
custer-state-park-prairie-dog-with-big-nails

custer-state-park-prairie-dog-stands-in-middle-of-road
custer-state-park-prairie-dog-turns-away
custer-state-park-prairie-dogs-fat-butt-as-he-scampers-away
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-with-foreground-evergreen

custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-with-two-trees-and-rocks
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-manu-atop-the-lake
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-postcard
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-flowers-lake-and-evergreens

custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-rock-wall-near-start-of-hike
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-hike-starts-through-the-tall-rocks
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-cagg-and-manu-at-hikes-halfway-point
custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-the-hike-passes-a-glade

custer-state-park-sylvan-lake-beautiful-image-from-lakes-west-side
custer-state-park-lone-buffalo-grazes
rushmore-past-the-pillars-to-the-monument
rushmore-state-flags-and-the-monument

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rushmore-mike-smiles-at-mount-rushmore
rushmore-mike-gives-the-thumbs-up

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deadwood-mt-moriah-will-bill-and-calamity-jane-at-rest-together
deadwood-mt-moriah-calamity-janes-grave
deadwood-mt-moriah-gifts-for-wild-bill

deadwood-mt-moriah-grave-of-seth-bullock
deadwood-a-view-into-town-from-mt-moriah
deadwood-the-franklin-hotel
deadwood-main-street-with-minimal-blurriness

deadwood-hdr-of-main-street-on-the-go
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sturgis-the-end-of-the-road
sturgis-bikes-and-a-bar

sturgis-yellow-car-bike
sturgis-one-eyed-jacks-saloon
sturgis-riders-line-up-at-intersection
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lightning-over-the-plains-4
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lightning-7
devils-tower-view-from-afar
devils-tower-full-frontal-shot
devils-tower-full-shot-with-evergreen-intrusion

devils-tower-structure-of-the-wall
devils-tower-mike-at-the-tower
devils-tower-tower-behind-a-dead-tree
devils-tower-tower-with-craggy-base

devils-tower-view-from-middle-distance
devils-tower-view-from-the-back
wildfire-smoke-billows-over-hills
wildfire-chopper-flies-over-the-fire

wildfire-plane-to-the-rescue
wildfire-fire-burns-on-the-hill
wildfire-blots-out-half-the-sky
wildfires-turn-sky-brown

red-sky-through-wildfire-smoke
wildifire-a-missoula-hill-burns
grand-tetons-composite
grand-tetons-a-look-through-the-rift

grand-tetons-big-mountain-2
grand-tetons-beyond-water
grand-tetons-mountains-beyond-waterway
grand-tetons-view-towards-boat-launch

grand-tetons-water-and-mountain-close-up

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