Monday, July 24, 2023

Badlands

Today we went to the Badlands in South Dakota

The day was hot with a high of 99 degrees.

Hiking was hard to do in the heat.

We ate a  picnic lunch in a shelter. We ate with a cliff swallow.

In the yellow hills the fossils of sea creatures can be found.

A big horned sheep grazes in the grass. This one has a yellow tag on it's foot.

Prairie Dog town.

Granddaughter #2 communes with a prairie dog for quite a few minutes.

 

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