Badlands

Dear Briggz,

Ok so mom wrote to you regarding what we felt was the near demise of our trip. The Badlands storm was scary. However, we also we able to see and experience some very cool sites. The landscape in the badlands is like nothing I’ve ever seen. We were able to see Bison and several Pronghorn Antelope. The hikes were just as fantastic.

The wind was cool and felt nice after the high climb

We hiked all the way up to the top point in the pic

The whole family at the top

One of our day trips was to this bizarre place called Walldrug. To describe it would be that it is like an old west town turned tourist trap. Because it was the week of the Sturgis bike rally there were tons of motorcyclists. They were even getting into the tourism craze. The huge plus to Walldrug, free ice water and 5 cent coffee.

.05 Cent coffee

The mountains and the terrain is something I would expect to see on the moon. One of our favorite moments was when we found several fossils. We were required to report our find to the Rangers/Paleontologist and they are going to bet back to us via email. The initial reports were that it s a set of three to four ribs from either a prehistoric pig or a prehistoric no horn rhinoceros.

The fossil we found

Next we will be headed westward on our way to some very cool and important historic monuments in Mount Rushmore.

Will write soon,

Love dad.