Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, SD - Tent Camping

Buffalo Gap National Grassland was an idyllic spot for car camping.  We were able to set up our tents right next to the van after driving out into the grasslands on a dirt road.  Most of what you see beyond the tents is actually The Badlands National Park which borders Buffalo Gap.

A picture showing the dirt "road" that led out into the grasslands to where we camped.

That's our van and tents to the left looking out from Buffalo Gap over the Badlands.

We pulled a couple seats out of the mini-van to use as lawn chairs for the evening.

Incredibly, a bighorn sheep appeared at dawn on the ridge to our left.  

He followed along the ridge until he was about 20 yards from our tent.  At 20 yards he went just below the crest of the ridge and walked right in front of our tents just below where our mini-van chairs were set up.  You can see the top of the sheep's horns in the second picture as he peeks up at us sitting in our van chairs taking pictures.