{"id":6716,"date":"2014-08-22T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2014-09-11T16:52:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T20:52:16","slug":"badlands-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6716","title":{"rendered":"Badlands National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday – August 22, 2014 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a063 degrees & cloudy<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0real<\/strong>\u00a0reason we stayed overnight in Wall, SD was not because we had to see Wall Drug but to visit Badlands National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC_3122\"<\/a>Road to The Badlands<\/p>\n

It was a short and easy drive to the National Park loop road\u00a0which was\u00a0like\u00a0the mid-western prairie we’ve been looking at for the last two days. Then a sign led us to a scenic overlook and the earth literally opened and we were standing on top of the world, overlooking a deep chasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC_3131\"<\/a>Big Horn Sheep<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3130\"<\/a>Photographer on the Edge<\/p>\n

Big horn sheep clung to the cliffs and tourists walked out as far as they could to peer at the eroded landscape.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3136\"<\/a>Warning!<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3133\"<\/a>Colorful<\/p>\n

We drove along the road and stopped at several\u00a0overlooks to take photographs. Unfortunately, it was an overcast day and the colored stripes of land erosion were muted.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3175\"<\/a>Tourists on the Overlook<\/p>\n

Badlands National Park\u00a0reminded us of the natural formations in Utah. We talked about the surprise the early pioneers must have experienced when they came upon these unfriendly cliffs in their westward journey. I understood why Lewis and Clark and their entourage traveled\u00a0north.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3179\"<\/a>Amazing Views<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3180\"<\/a>Road Through the Park<\/p>\n

\"DSC_3185\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DSC_3196\"<\/a>Sign in the town of Interior, South Dakota<\/p>\n

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