June 23, 2014
Badlands Revisited
Making good on my promise to try to get photos in the Badlands under better lighting conditions, here are a few more shots taken in the evening toward sunset.
but first.......
"Wall Drugs"
On our way to the Badlands National
Park entrance was the famous "Wall Drugs". I will let Jo
share her pics with you from there. The establishment seems to be an
evolving hodgepodge of shops that started with a drugstore and is
still in the process of defining itself. We enjoyed our brief visit.
Somehow we managed to find a parking space directly in front of the
main entrance, about 12 feet from the front door. We didn't keep it
very long, only about 30 minutes, but we had seen all we wanted to
see and decided to move on. Really, it's worth a stop, if only to
satisify one's curiosity about the dozens of Wall Drug billboards
along the interstate.
Back to the Badlands
Finding our way to the Badlands Loop
Road at about 6:00 pm proved to be a great time of day to begin our
sunset tour.
We made a brief stop for sustenance at the park lodge, ( We tried the Sioux Indian
Taco, which was amazing – a buffalo meat taco, beans and the usual
taco stuff on fried bread)
We then proceeded into the surreal scenery of
the Badlands.
This part of the park has lots of
pull offs, so you can get better photos. The shadows of early
evening made for much better contrast and colors. Many of the pull
offs have short walking paths for even better advantage.
We drove through the park
until sunset where we stopped and attempted to capture the beautiful
colors and shadows as the sun was setting.
I hope you enjoy our efforts.
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