Monday 6.16.14 Today we woke up in the badlands. We took a some time working the campground showers, and packing up. We hiked into the rock formations, and touched the crumbly sandstone and discovered different paths. A three legged rabbit kept us amused. In a different part of the a badlands, ( it just kept going on and on!) we walked through to look at fossils, and we're equally disappointed at the lack of. None the less, we brought some 'specimens' back that we thought could possibly be fossils. On our way out of the park, my well practiced wildlife scanning eye spied a female elk about 350 yards away. We used the binoculars for the first time! Pulling into Wall Drug, we walked through the iconic little tourist village, and saw all kids of amusements.
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