Big Badlands Overlook
Right as you enter the park, there is a turnout on the left with the first views of the "Wall" and start to see the effects of millions of years of deposition and erosion
Badlands
More views of the Wall. The layers represent deposits over time, separated by millions of year per layer, dating back to when this area of the country was actually a sea.
Badlands - Butte
A butte just outside of the Badlands Overlook
Badlands Overlook
You can hike into the area and capture views of the valleys and see that life does exist
This is a natural formation (I think!)
Yellow Mounds
View from Cedar Pass
Just past the Badlands Overlook is Cedar Pass which is a hike up the side of one of the buttes (easy) with more vegetation.
A different and more colorful landscape are the Yellow Mounds which we saw on our way to Pinnacles
Female Big Horn Sheep and Lamb
We caught a group of big horn sheep on the drive out to Wall.
Big Horn Sheep (ram)
Herd of Big Horn Sheep
Lone Big Horn Sheep Ewe
Molly waiting for sunset shot
Pinnacles point is the recommended spot for sunset shots - we did not get the best cloud cover but it was a good try
Sunset at Pinnacles Point
Sunset just past Pinnacles Point
Wall SD
After seeing 100 billboards along I-90, the site of Wall Drug was a bit underwhelming and it closes at 7pm!!
Trump Shop
This was a surprise
Frontier Cabin in Wall SD
Molly geting a shot of a Prarie Dog
Prarie Dogs at Prarie Dog Town
Prarie Dogs at Prarie Dog Town (2)
Prarie Dogs at Prarie Dog Town (3)
Prarie Dogs at Prarie Dog Town (4)
Western Meadow Lark
Just outside of Prairie Dog town we got some decent shots of the Meadow Lark
