Ponena za ulendo wopita ku South Africa, South Dakota ndithudi ndiyeso losasamala. Mchenga pakati pa America ndi chapakati chakumadzulo ndi phiri lodziwika kwambiri, limaphatikizapo zogwirizana ndi zikhalidwe zonsezo. Dzikoli ladzaza ndi okonda, kulandira anthu omwe amasangalala kugawana nawo zachilengedwe zambiri ndi alendo. Ndipo ngakhale kuti zachilengedwe zachilengedwe sizikudziwika bwino ngati mapiri a Rocky, ndizochititsa chidwi komanso zochititsa chidwi zomwe zimakhala zokha.
Gawo lalikulu la kum'mwera kwa South Dakota likufanana ndi malo otere omwe amapezeka kumadzulo. Ichi ndi gawo la boma lomwe liri lachilengedwe mu chikhalidwe, ndipo ngakhale lokongola mwa njira yake, sikuti limalimbikitsa alendo kuti ayende ulendo. Koma pita kumapeto kumadzulo kwa South Dakota ndipo upeze malo osiyana. Mmodzi kumene mapiri okwera akhoza kukhala okongola kwambiri komanso mwayi wochuluka wa kunja. Palinso malo komweko omwe akufanana kwambiri ndi pamwamba pa dziko lapansi, osati chinachake chomwe mungapeze pano pa Dziko lapansi.
Rapid City ndi malo omwe alendo ambiri angapeze malo a South Dakota. Mzinda wamakono ndi wamakono umapereka malo ochuluka kwambiri kuti mukhale ndi kudya, ndipo mumakhala malo ena akuluakulu a mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zosangalatsa. Zina mwa izo ndi Firehouse Brewery, zomwe zimapatsa chakudya chokoma ndi madyerero abwino kwambiri omwe amamwa mowa.
Pachilumbacho, Independent Ale House imasunga mowa 40 pa matepi nthawi zonse, ndipo nthawi zonse zimakhala zochepa.
Mofanana ndi chakudya ndi zakumwa ziri ku Rapid City komabe, ndithudi mukufuna kupita kumadera oyandikana nawo kukawona zomwe zikupereka. Mwinanso muli, ngati ndinu woyenda ulendo wautali kapena okonda kunja, simudzakhumudwa.
Pokhala ndi mapiri okwera makilomita oposa makilomita oposa a theka la mzindawo, nthawi zonse mumakhala malo abwino okwera nawo pafupi. Ikani malo obisika omwe simunayambepopopo, ndipo alendo adzapeza nambala yambiri yopita kumalo kapena kuthamanga, osatchula malo abwino kwambiri oti mupite kumisasa.
Inde, Black Hills ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zobwera kudzacheza. Mtsinje waung'ono wa mapiri ukutuluka kuchokera kumapiri mpaka ku Wyoming, womwe uli pafupi ndi mtunda wa makilomita 125, ndi mtunda wa mailosi 65. Mphepete mwa nkhalango zazikuluzikulu, Mapiri ali ndi mawonekedwe a miyala yosawerengeka, nyanja zamchere, nyanja zazikulu, ndi zinyama zazing'ono. Izi zimapangitsa kuti zikhale malo okwera kwa okwera, oyendayenda, ndi achikwama chimodzimodzi.
Malo otchuka kwambiri ku Black Hills mosakayikira Mt. Rushmore. Anthu oposa mamiliyoni awiri pachaka amachezera malowa kuti aone ziboliboli zazikulu pambali pa phiri lomwe lili ndi mayina anayi otchuka a US. Maonekedwe amenewo ndi George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, ndi Abraham Lincoln. Kuwona amuna otchuka omwe anaponyedwa pamwala ndi malo ochititsa mantha, omwe ali ndi zomangamanga ndi zodabwitsa za dziko lapansi.
Potsutsana ndi masoka aliwonse omwe sanayembekeze, nkhope zawo zidzatsala pamenepo, zidzakhazikika mu thanthwe, kwa zaka zikwi zikubwera, kuyika Mt. Rushmore ndi ofanana ndi Great Sphinx ku Egypt kapena nyumba zazikulu zomangidwa kudutsa kale wakale.
Ngakhale kuti madera ambiri akumadzulo kwa South Dakota amapezeka m'madera a anthu komanso m'nkhalango zamtundu uliwonse, palinso malo okongola kwambiri omwe mungapite nawo. Malo otchedwa Badlands National Park ali ndi mahekitala 244,000, ndipo amawonetsera malo omwe amawoneka kuti mumapezeka pa mwezi kapena Mars. Zovuta ndi zovuta, Badlands ndi malo okongola kwambiri omwe amafunika kuwonedwa kuti amakhulupirira. Mphepete mwa mitsinjeyi imayika nthawi yeniyeni yowonongeka, yokhala ndi mizere yodabwitsa kwambiri yomwe imawonetsera nthawi yambiri.
Kuyenda maulendo ku Badlands ndi mwayi wopindulitsa kwambiri, kubweretsa chidwi kwa oyenda. M'malo mokhala malo osandulika, opanda moyo omwe amatanthauza, malo otchedwa Badlands National Park ali ndi maluwa okongola, udzu wobiriwira, ndi zinyama zakutchire zokongola, kuphatikizapo akalulu ambirimbiri omwe amapezeka mbuzi zamapiri zomwe nthawi zambiri zimawoneka pamwamba pa miyala yamtambo. Koma samalani, nyengo yozizira ya paki, ndi youma imapangitsanso kukhala nyumba yabwino kwa rattlesnakes, kotero yang'anani sitepe yanu pamene mukuyenda kumeneko.
Chimodzi mwa zobisika zabwino kwambiri ku South Dakota ndi Custer State Park, malo omwe amapezeka mosavuta ndi malo ambiri okongola chifukwa cha kukongola kwachilengedwe. Pakiyi ili ndi njuchi zakutchire zoposa 1300, komanso mbuzi, mbuzi, ndi mbuzi zamapiri. Komanso ili ndi imodzi mwa malo okongola kwambiri omwe mungapezeke kulikonse monga Sylvan Lake, osatchula nkhalango zambirimbiri.
Anthu oyendayenda akuyang'ana njira yabwino adzakwera pamwamba pa Harney Peak, yomwe ili pamwamba pamtunda wa mamita 2207. Njira yopita kumsonkhanowu imatenga pafupifupi maola awiri kukwaniritsa, ndipo kupambana kovuta kumapambana kugonjetsa njira. Pamwamba, alendo adzapeza nsanja yachikale yomwe inkakhala ikuyang'ana moto m'derali. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo yakhala ikusiyidwa chifukwa cha zolingazo, koma zimapangitsa malo abwino kuti atenge malo ozungulira, ndikudya chakudya chamasana.
Zonsezi zimakhala malo abwino kwambiri kuti asamangoyendayenda ndi kumanga msasa, koma malo ambiri a anthu amatha kutseguka, kuthamanga njinga zamapiri, kukwera pamahatchi, ndi kuyendetsa galimoto pamsewu wa 4x4 ndi ATV. Izi siziloledwa m'mapaki okongola, koma malo ena ambiri amapereka mwayi wochuluka kwa iwo omwe akufuna kupita ku chipululu, koma sakufuna kuti ayende njirazi kuti achite zimenezo. Zosankha zili pafupi kwambiri, ndipo pali malo ambiri opezekapo, alendo sakhala kutali ndi paradaiso wa chipululu, omwe amatha kukhala nawo okha.
Inde, palibe ulendo uliwonse ku South Dakota udzatha popanda kuponyedwa ndi Wall Drug Store yotchuka ku tauni yaing'ono ya Wall - anthu 818. Bzinesiyi ikudziwika chifukwa cha zizindikiro zake zamakono zomwe zingapezeke mazana makilomita kumbali yonse. Kusakanikirana ndi kabokosi kakang'ono ka cowboy, mankhwala osokoneza bongo amachititsa kuti mabanja azikhala osangalatsa, kuphatikizapo masitolo odzaza ndi zokopa alendo, mamita asanu ndi awiri wamtali jackalope, yemwe ali ndi njala kwambiri T yomwe imakonda kudyetsa mphindi iliyonse, ndi zakudya amatumikira njuga yotchedwa buffger burger. Ena mosakayikira amapeza malo oti akhale oopsa kwambiri, koma ngati mumalandira chikhalidwe cha Wall Drug, n'zovuta kunyalanyaza zithumwa zake.
Ichi ndi nsonga zachitsulo chomwe South Dakota chiyenera kupereka. Alendo adzapeza njira zina zambiri kuti awathandize kukhala osangalala. Kuchokera ku chakudya chabwino kupita kunthaka, pali chinachake kwa aliyense kumeneko.