Summit of Cedar Pass, Interior Canedy Photo
Seventeen miles from Cottonwood we drive through Cedar Pass into the Badlands. The road winds around and around, through depressions and through valleys between the great clay banks, ever leading upward. The grandeur of the enormous colored banks and walls would impress even the most barren minded person.
If one is coming over the C. B. H., (or A Y P.); (U. S. 16 to be specific), he must leave for S. D. No. 40 about fifteen miles west of Kadoka, and he will emerge at Cedar Pass the same as though he came from the north. The view is magnificent.
Finally the road gets narrow and precipitous. The passes become more crooked and the grades more steep. The road is bordered by profuse scrub cedar trees. There is a thrill in that drive! At first it looks dangerous, but the danger seems to minimize as we approach each more steep and more crooked and more narrow section. By taking it slowly the risk is small. (The road has since been improved.)
Amphitheatre of the Wilds. In the Bad Lands Canedy Photo
Vampire Peak in Cedar Pass, Interior. The entrance to the Big Bad Lands Canedy Photo
Studying the Bad Lands