Thursday, October 19, 2017

Badlands National Park South Dakota

The Badlands National Park in South Dakota is one of those places you have to see to understand the name "Badlands".  The first time I visited the park I had no idea of the beauty of the park.  I have tried to capture it with my camera but nothing can take the place of being there.


Why is it called the Badlands?

The Lakota people were the first to call this place "mako sica" or "land bad." Extreme temperatures, lack of water, and the exposed rugged terrain led to this name. In the early 1900's, French-Canadian fur trappers called it "les mauvais terres pour traverse," or "bad lands to travel through."

Today, the term badlands has a more geologic definition. Badlands form when soft sedimentary rock is extensively eroded in a dry climate. The park's typical scenery of sharp spires, gullies, and ridges is a premier example of badlands topography.




















Thursday, October 12, 2017

Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone National Park

Here are a few pictures I took of the Mammoth Hot Springs area














Yellowstone and Old Faithful

Yellowstone River Near Tower Fall

Tower Fall Yellowstone River

Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake with Geyser Basin in right corner

Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Lake near Geyser Basin

Old Faithful

Old Faithful

Old Faithful

Old Faithful

Biscuit Basin

Biscuit Basin

Yellowstone River

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park

Sunset in Yellowstone National Park

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Yellowstone 9 28 17

Pictures taken along Yellowstone National Park roads from Madison to Mammoth Hot Springs via Canyon Village and Tower-Roosevelt.  I was towing the camper and the shorter route would have been through Norris but that road was closed...so the long way with camper in tow.