Early start
necessary today as we have a long drive to The Badlands. Along with the Black
Hills this area has been on my radar for a long time.
First, though, we
made a stop at a town called Wall. This name represents a section of The
Badlands which is called The Badlands Wall, a specific geological feature of
this intriguing area. However, it is more famous for the store Wall Drug which
has a fascinating history and which has now become a major tourist attraction -
tourist being the operative word, but nevertheless, curiosity won over and we
dropped in. Quite a sight.
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| Driving through Hill City on our way to the Badlands there was this store selling chain saw carvings |
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| Some of the signs along the highway miles before we get to the town of Wall |
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| Hitching post for your horse! |
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| Yes, we bought fudge! |
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| Annie Oakley |
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| Jim has picked up a floosie! |
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| Anita has also found a new friend |
We continued on to
The Badlands National Park.
Wow is all I can say
- the photos will speak for themselves. The three photos below were all taken from the exact same spot, looking in different directions. The variety of landscape is fascinating.
All there is to say
is this starkly beautiful landscape changes at every turn, from deep vegetated
valleys to rugged stark pinnacles of rock, to flat open grassland. Some
formations are rather reminiscent of Purnululu National Park in The Kimberley,
but these layered rocks are a much softer kind and more easily eroded.
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| Prairie Dog |
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| Long horn sheep |
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| Taking the fossil walk |
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