
the Badlands …

… in spring, in South Dakota, USA.
It’s 4 degrees and snowing where I am. Hence a needed break … my favorite image of Badlands National Park.
Strata in Badlands National Park in South Dakota display horizontal layers that reflect different depositional conditions. Says the National Park Service: “Different environments—sea, tropical land, and open woodland with meandering rivers—caused different sediments to accumulate here at different times.“
… in the spring, in Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
… in Badlands National Park. For scale, note the two people near left edge of image.
… bighorn sheep chillin’ in Badlands National Park.
… in Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
We spent a couple of nights at the Spearfish Canyon Lodge in Savoy, SD (near Lead, SD) in the Black Hills. Roughlock Falls is a mile or so up the road, with a couple of good views from below the falls.