July 5th, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD

 July 5th, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD

Did a relative straight route east from Ten Sleep to the Badlands National Park.  Stayed at the Badlands Interior RV Park.  The drive was very interesting from Ten Sleep to Buffalo, WY as we drove west on route 16 through a very scenic mountain gorge of the Bighorn National Forest.  It looks like a great place to camp if you are ok boondocking(no electric or water).  The views are great and it looks like a great place for mountain climbers.  After Buffalo, it was a straight shot on I-90 to the route 240 exit for the Badlands and the badlands Interior Campground.  That night we had the most intense rain and wind storm so far this trip.  Seems like the winds are very powerful out in the western territories. The next morning we took a short drive into the Badlands and saw some impressive landscapes.

Our route east on State route 16 and I-90 from Ten Sleep to the Badlands

Zoom view of the Bighorn Gorge east of Ten Sleep


Great wall climbing east of Ten Sleep

Snow covered mountain tops of the Bighorn National Forest

Badlands formation

Our campsite at the Badlands

The Badlands are a ancient sea bed sediment formation

The short loop ride at the eastern edge of the park was impressive

The formations are very close to the road




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

June 11th: Russell, KS

Image
 June 11th: Russell, KS On the 11th of June we headed to Russell, KS from Missouri.  Not much to report.  The road is definitely flatter.  Just before Russell we stopped in Junction City, KS and had our first Mexican food fix west of the Mississippi. Elaine at La Fiesta Mexican restaurant Did I mention that the road is much flatter in Kansas? Our roadside RV park site: Triple J Campground in Russell KS, We camped at a RV park in Russell KS.  Met a nice couple from Florida, Stephanie & Edward and sat and talked about RV traveling for a few hours.
Read more

June 20th &21st, Desert View Grand Canyon East

Image
 June 20th &21st, Desert View Grand Canyon East We reserved a campsite at Desert View campground for two nights.  It was a boondock with no water or electric hookup.  No problem as my 400 watt solar panels and extra water tank did fine.  The weather was very nice with a balmy 90C in the shade with a nice breeze. Our route from Homolovi to Desert View via Flagstaff Standing with Desert View Watch tower in the background At the Desert View rim Close up of the Desert View Watch Tower Relaxing on the porch of the Desert View visitor center Met up with Fran, Patrick, Luke & Juliana at Desert View Desert View at sunset Desert View at sunset Sun almost down, with Elaine in the foreground Our campsite at Desert View
Read more