Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Two Badlands that are Too Amazing

The 1st Badlands were in SD, Badlands National Park. It looked like God was making sand castles. They rose out of nowhere and the colors and textures were incredible. We saw bighorn sheep and a coyote. The landscape was very harsh and dry. It's amazing anything can survive. We learned that prairie dogs don't drink water at all!
The 2nd Badlands were in Theodore Roosevelt NP, ND. These Badlands were lush and green. Feral horses roamed the landscape, majestic is the best word to describe the horses. We got caught in rush hour traffic, buffalo rush hour that is! There was a HUGE herd in the middle of the road. We all feel completely relaxed here, we saw maybe a total of 8 people all day,lunched on a cliff overlooking the landscape, and fished in the Little Missouri River.
The Badlands have been very, very good to us!

 Buffalo Rush Hour
 Catching a breeze
 Magestic!
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  1. Carl WilleJuly 13, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    Stupid question, but why do they call them badlands (I get it for the first one, but if the second is lush and green with animal life...)

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  2. Thebteam4July 13, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    The terrain is very rough- canyons and buttes- leaving little room for a wagon to travel through.

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  3. Kyle WilleJuly 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Claire loves the horse photos- beautiful!

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