Badlands Nat'l Park

Rough terrain, the story is that the discoverers found it inhospitable and a nightmare to cross and hence the name 'Badlands', apparently the natives had a similar name. Interesting to know that over the years they actually found paths through the area. Lots of hikes, picnic spots (if this type of scenery is your thing), if you have a capable off-road vehicle you can do a few trails too.



Some of the hills/mounds have an interesting coloration...mineral induced...this one is a lookout called Yellow lookout or some such thing
Badlands is probably the last place that i saw another CA license plate, it wouldn't be until NY/NJ when I would see my next set. About here is when I started getting 'CA, that is a looong way off!' kind of comment from people. I was barely at the half way point :)
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