The beauty of Badlands National Park never fails to make an impression on us. We like taking the loop road from east to west in the morning with the morning sun at our backs. In the late afternoon and early evening, we like heading from west to east to get that "golden hour" glow.
However with the Badlands being about 45 minutes to an hour from our campground in previous years, we'd make the trek out to the loop road only once or twice during our stay. This year we decided to spend a week in the area so we wouldn't have to make that drive. Plus we could explore a couple of areas like the Sage Rim Road in the park that we hadn't in prior years.
On each loop trip we'd see wildlife of some sort, bison and calves, bighorn sheep and young, and the ever present prairie dogs. The grass was fresh green and the wildflowers were in bloom with the recent rains. Perhaps one of the more memorable trips on the loop was when we went to Norbeck Pass and watched a storm coming across the valley. Wow, oh wow, was that beautiful.
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