Today was a busy day. We woke up, had breakfast then headed out to Badlands National Park and Wall Drug. The drive out to Badlands from our hotel took about an hour, and that is with part of the freeway being 80 MPH. When we entered the park we were greeted by the bison herd and the prairie dogs. A little past the entrance, we saw two relaxing goats, but there was no place to stop to get their pictures. Badlands NP does have hiking, which is mostly backcountry, and lots of overlook locations to look at the rocks formations. Since we got to the park around 9:30 AM we had some morning light but not the perfect morning light, that gives you the deep shadows and brings out the red in the rock formation. It took us about 3 hours to drive completely through the park with stops and a doing a few loop trail hikes. You could tell as the sun go higher the color seemed to disappear from the rocks. The best time of day to get vibrant colors in the rocks and ...
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