Fall / Autumn. Prairie Edge Trading Co. and Gallery in downtown Rapid City offered a view into what makes South Dakota so special. As we were driving through Custer State Park, you could see ahead where cars would start to slow and stop to take photos of wildlife or to let it pass in front of them. … Started in 1973 and still under the same owner, we are widely regarded as the local experts in the bus tours for Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills. This normally sleepy little town is home to fewer than 7,000 people, but during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, it's packed with as many as 700,000. Then we headed into Badlands National Park, and wow! Say “Hi!” to 44 Bundled-Up Presidents. var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);