Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Badlands are Good-Looking-Lands

 


Interstate highway 90 across South Dakota propelled us across softly rolling green hills as far as the eye can see. Signs along the way announce“Buffalo Gap National Grassland.”  


Deceptive lead-up


We turned into the Pinnacles entrance of the Badlands National Park road (love the Senior National Park Pass for free entry) and drove along the 25 mile road. Just as we were lulled into a feeling of “same old/same old,” we encountered a gash. It sliced open the earth, revealing a world of severe striated rock formations. It looked like the Grand Canyon. 



Photo taken on the Yellow Mounds Outlook 

Eye Candy for Photographers



On the road out of Badlands, we came upon this scene: an Amish-looking guy with a full-on beard is staring down a Bighorn Sheep. 


Stare-Down