{"id":10714,"date":"2005-06-19T22:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-19T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=10714"},"modified":"2022-05-07T23:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T23:45:30","slug":"moving-to-california-badlands-national-park-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2005\/06\/19\/moving-to-california-badlands-national-park-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving To California. Badlands National Park, South Dakota."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After calling Minneapolis home for 11 years, I made the decision to move to California in 2005 and take on a new position within the company. I took a week off and asked my good friend Bill if he would want to join me for a road trip in my Miata to drive West, from Minneapolis to Los Angeles&#8230; we stopped at several National Parks along the way, and here are the pictures&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Unfortunately I had a bad hard disk crash in 2005 so all my high resolution pictures are gone. These are just small thumbnail photo memories from that trip\u2026<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image001-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10716\"\/><figcaption>Believe it or not I&#8217;ve lived in the USA since 1990 and this is the first time I&#8217;ve visited a National Park&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image002-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10717\"\/><figcaption>Everything is flat in the Midwest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image003-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10719\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image004-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10715\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image005-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10718\"\/><figcaption>Entrance to Badlands National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image006-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10720\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image007-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10721\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image008-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10722\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image009-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10723\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image010-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10726\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image013-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10727\"\/><figcaption>Bill my co-pilot this week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image015-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10729\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image018-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10730\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image019-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10732\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image020-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10733\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image021-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10734\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image029-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10744\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image030-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10742\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image031-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10743\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image032-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10746\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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height=\"210\" data-id=\"10768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image055-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10768\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image056-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10771\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image057-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10769\"\/><figcaption>At the top!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"10772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image059-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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