Badlands Notch Trail – June 10, 2012

Early portion of the Notch trail – South Dakota – Img 21820

 

Badlands Notch Trail Ladder – June 10, 2012

Karin on the 61 rung log ladder of the Notch Trail – Top logs of ladder do not touch the dirt and bounce – South Dakota – Img 21830

 

Badlands Notch Trail – June 10, 2012

A look back at the Notch trail ladder – South Dakota – Img 21831

 

The Door at Badlands Door Trail – June 10, 2012

Short trail out to this ~ 5 foot high “door” formation – Had a storm overnight and clouds had not cleared out yet – South Dakota – Img 21724

 

Badlands Window – June 10, 2012

View from the “window” – South Dakota – Img 21775

 

Badlands Toadstool – June 10, 2012

Small toadstool on the Castle trail – South Dakota – Img 21939

 

Badlands – June 10, 2012

South Dakota – Img 21995

 

Custer State Park –  Sunday Gulch – June 11, 2012

Sunday Gulch trail in Custer State park in the Black Hills of South Dakota – Img 22101

 

Randy at Sylvan Lake – June 11, 2012

The last part of the Sunday Gulch trail goes around Sylvan Lake near our lodge – South Dakota – Img 22122

 

Karin scampering up Little Devils Tower – June 11, 2012

Custer State park in the Black Hill of South Dakota.     Img 22144

 

View from Little Devils Tower – June 11, 2012

Harney Peak seen on the left and the back of Mount Rushmore is the small rectangular formation near the horizon on the right.  Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota.   Img 22176

 

Cathedral Spires – June 11, 2012

Custer State Park in Black Hills of South Dakota – Img 22273

 

Mount Rushmore – June 12, 2012

Mount Rushmore viewed through the Avenue of Flags – South Dakota – Img 22379

 

Devils Tower – June 13, 2012

View from the Tower trail – Wyoming – Img 22511

 

Devils Tower Joyner Ridge Trail – June 13, 2102

View of the Devils Tower from the Joyner Ridge trail – Wyoming – Img 22679

 

Belle Fourche River – June 13, 2012

Near the entrance of the Devils Tower National Monument, the Belle Fourche River beneath the red sandstone – Wyoming – Img 22680

 

Roughlock Falls – Spearfish Canyon – June 14, 2012

The Roughlock Falls from Little Spearfish creek in the Spearfish Canyon of the Black Hills of South Dakota – Img 22778

 

Spearfish Canyon – June 14, 2012

Spearfish Creek – South Dakota – Img 23019

 

 

Karin – Spearfish Falls Trail – June 14, 2012

Karin enjoying the flowers on the short trail to Spearfish Falls – South Dakota – Img 23028

 

 

B-1B Bomber – June 14, 2012

Randy under a $280+ million B-1B bomber at South Dakota Air & Space Museum.    Img 23104