Badlands Nat'l Park

It occurs to me that we are indeed fortunate that so many wise people came before us to recognize and ensure protection for unique and special places across the U.S and the world.  The Badlands is such a place.  Geologists estimate that erosion will completely destroy the spires and buttes that are the Badlands in  +/-500,000 years.  Time is of the essence--don't delay.  Get to the Badlands while there is still time! :-)

We drove through the Park, walked some of the trails and watched the resident wildlife.  The fossil soils are carved into fantastic, multi-layered shapes that tower into the sky ending in what appear to be pencil points, knife edges and flat shelves, and all are completely surrounded by miles and miles of National Grasslands.   The Park deserved more time, but we were anxious to get to The Black Hills.

 For what it is worth, my astute observation of buffalo is this:  They are mean!  They push and shove each other and bang their heads together.  They have the whole damn prairie, and they're fighting over a blade of grass.