Are the badlands really bad

THE BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK IS ONE WITH MANY COLORS DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY AND WEATHER. WE SAW IT ALL. THE NAME BADLANDS CAME FROM THE LAKOTA PEOPLE, WHO CALLED THE AREA MAKO SICA, WHICH TRANSLATES TO BAD LANDS. THE LAND IS COMPRISED OF JAGGED CANYONS AND BUTTES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

WHILE WE WERE THERE THE WIND WAS FEROCIOUS. EVEN WITH A TRIPOD YOU WERE BLOWN AT OR OVER. I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT NEITHER NED NOR I WENT VERY CLOSE TO THE EDGES.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS JOURNEY WAS THE SURPRISE APPEARANCE OF THE BIG HORNED SHEEP. IN THE RV, YOU CAN’T JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FIRST, THE ROAD IS TWO LANES. SECOND, THE 600MM LENS IS IN THE BACK OF THE RV. THIRD, ONCE YOU TURN AROUND, YOU WONDER WILL HE STILL BE THERE!?

THANKFULLY, THE BIG HORN WAITED FOR ME.

NO, THE BADLANDS AREN’T BAD!