I'm going to piggy-back on Mike's post.
I'm real late to planning, but we leave Emporia/Kansas City Kansas on May 15 and will need to be in Gardiner/North Yellowstone 22 May or a few days later.
Is this simple plan reasonable to do:
Emporia (2-days Travel) - Custer SP (4-5 Days basecamp) - Gardiner (2 Days Travel) a reasonable plan to explore Wind Cave and other sites above?
UPDATE: Looks like Custer SP is full to the brim...
Or should I consider a National Park site with hookups, since I get the Senior discount?
Could split it between Badlands NP first than near Wind Cave.
Still deciding on whether to cut through Kansas or just hit the Interstate north, then west to SD.
May try and wing travel day stops, but will reserve if I can work out a plan. Just a bit compressed on time oncoming back from Africa last weekend and then off again.... (First World Problem, but a life event highlight..that and 5000 images to edit. 😉
https://www.ralphmawyerphotography.com/Travel/Africa-2023/Botswana-Africa-2023-Field-Selects/