We visited the Badlands National Park on the first day of our Wyoming road trip. The wind was gusting at forty to sixty miles an hour, so Mom didn’t have us get out for too many photos. For me it was hard to even move the wind was so strong! It was cold too. The best part about the sort of bad weather and time of year is that we were pretty much alone in the park!
Some of the first formations we came across reminded us of cardboard packaging.
Not all of the pretty rocks are above ground. We saw a lot of areas that were mostly below ground.
Speaking of deserted, here is the view down the road. In the tourist season, it is most likely a big traffic jam. Since is is deserted right now, we could stop the car and get out any time and no one would even come by.
Our furs do not lie. It is very windy out in the open spaces! Olivia’s long ears are really flapping!
The view in the distance with the blowing dust makes for a pretty photo, don’t you think?
Who likes moon rocks? One part of the Badlands looks like moon rocks from a movie. The colors are so fun!
Look out for buffalo! They are pretty big. We barked at them from the car, but they were not at all scared of us. In this photo the one is rolling around creating the dust cloud around itself, another is lying down, and then the one is standing.
We keep driving and seeing more and more pretty formations.
Lots of bighorn sheep live in the Badlands. We are happy this one is wearing something on its neck and not running round naked.
There are some nice walking trails, but with the wind, it was enough to try to sit for a photo for a few minutes.
These formations look like a mini mountain range.
Our navigator took this shot of Mom and us running back to the car with the dust blowing behind us.
The way nature adds stripes to the formations is interesting and fun to look at.
How about a trio of bighorn sheep? We barked at them like we did with the buffalo, but they also didn’t seem bothered by our noise. Silly animals! They seem to like to hang out on the hillside.
Finally, we have a photo of us with Mom to remember our tour of the Badlands. We would go again in the off season, but hopefully it won’t be so windy next time. If you are in South Dakota, taking some time so see the Badlands is worth it!
We are joining our friends at Living Laughing and Barking in Our Backyard is for their Nature Friday blog hop.
Wow, what an exciting place to visit. And it looks even windier than Scotland! Gail says she thinks you went at the right time of year. She visited there with a friend in the heat of the summer in 1982. They found a campsite and within about 30 seconds of getting out of the hire car, a swarm of mosquitos had descended and each of them received about 200 bites. Ouch!!
Toodle-oo!
Nobby.
Mosquitoes are really bad in the summer, and we don’t want to run into any snakes either. Wind isn’t great, but it is better than what can happen in the summer.
that’s impressing… and a little like an episode of gone with the wind… love the photo together with your mom
Thank you. Blown away by the wind will be the name of our film!
Just beautiful and your furs were sure blowing along with Olivia’s ears. ANIMAL! XOXO Sparkle
Did you see prairie dogs? There were lots of those to look at along with the sheep, buffalo, and deer. The animals made it all more fun for us.
WOW WOW the Badlands are gorgeous. In 2017 we took a trip to Colorado and Utah. After the 7 day tour was over we could have hopped on the tour company bus to drive to the Badlands…we didn’t I sure do wish we had. Stunning and OMDs the wind. You 3 ladies were each grounded.
Hugs Cecilia
Mom was afraid I might blow away since I’m so small but I didn’t. It is a very interesting area to see.
Wow! these are awesome photos! And your mom is some of them!! hooray. the wind looks wild– thanks for sharing so many photos. your friend Lilly
We took lots of photos because it is such an interesting area and everything is so different. Happy Friday!
That looks like such an amazing place and we can sure tell how windy it was!
We are lucky none of us blew away!
Excellent set of images. It has been windy here the past couple of weeks. I had a hard time holding the camera steady at a recent track meet. Have a blessed week-end ladies.
It was crazy driving with 60 mph headwinds. The car even had trouble going forward at the speed we wanted.
What an adventure you are having ~ Wow ~ I remember that ‘road trip’ with my son ~ Great photos ~ Love the fur persons Xo
Wishing you love and laughter in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Glad we can bring back some good memories for you while making our own new ones.
Gorgeous pictures. We would like to see some of that area of the country, but not with the wind. We get enough of that here at home.
We would prefer it without the wind too, but it was windy and we were there, so no choice.
Just beautiful. I want to be you navigator.
The navigator is a pretty good job!
It seems that off season travel has its benefits as these are spectacular photos, so good without “planes/trains/automobiles” in them!
The pups are totally cute with their blowing in the wind furs, enjoy your continuing travels as we enjoy being a viewer …
We don’t have anything real exciting coming up, but maybe later in the summer. Most likely we will go south or east on our next big trip.
The landscape is just gorgeous and we tell just how whippy that wind is!
It was so bad! We saw trucks flipped over on the highway from the gusts too.
I would love to explore there. Beautiful.
Have a fabulous day and weekend. Scritches all around and my best to your peeps. ♥
We wanted to take a nice walk but with the cold and big winds, we couldn’t do it. Still we saw a lot and it was like our own private National Park.
What an awesome adventure! I’m glad you took pictures of the scenery! It reminds me of the Painted Desert. Beautiful, awe inspiring, and a bit mystical.
The Badlands are fun to see and pretty amazing!
Wow!!! What a beautiful place the Badlands is! Mama drove through there with Dory years ago, but didn’t stop.
xoxo,
Sunny, Rosy and Jakey
We had to stop and see it for ourselves. Our favorite thing was the animals but the Badlands themselves are pretty cool to see.
Most excellent rod trip! We are glad it was you guys, Us cats would not enjoy it, but we know Cinnamon would! And those buffalo are cool! So are the mountain sheep. I wonder if they are related to the ones around here? We hope you guys have a marvelous weekend!
Our cats wouldn’t be much for road trips either. Cat bro Bert maybe, but not in a crate and Mom won’t let cats loose in the car because if they pee, the smell will never go away.
Gosh you saw some pretty cool critters in the Badlands. Seems like the wind is getting worse every years. 🙁
The wind is so bad, even at home this year. Not good.
it’s amazing to me how prehistoric those formations look!! I’ve never seen anything like it! Thank you for sharing!
It is super amazing. They are super interesting yet kind of ugly all in one.