{"id":8108,"date":"2023-09-20T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T01:58:06","slug":"20230920badlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920badlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of Autumn 2023 Trip to Mountain States, Badlands National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states, I toured Badlands National Park, one that featured a unique landscape of extensive eroded buttes and pinnacles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7733.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7733.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} 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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Scenic Overlook off I90<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Along I90, there was a &#8220;Scenic Overlook&#8221; which I decided to check out. While it provided views of extensive prairie, it&#8217;s not really an exciting view as such prairie landscape was ubiquitous elsewhere in South Dakota. The &#8220;Scenic Overlook&#8221; was more popular with truckers taking rests though.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_085759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_085759.jpg\" alt=\"Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Before I entered Badlands National Park, I checked out the nearby historic site for minuteman missiles. At the height of the cold war, many ICBM carrying nuclear warheads were stationed in the prairie nearby. Since the missile silos were targets for enemy strikes, their locations were chosen away from dense population centers. The launch facilities of a few silos were open for tours during certain times of the week (I couldn\u2019t find availabilities on the date of my visit). It\u2019s interesting that despite the missiles being named after the revolutionary war \u201cminuteman\u201d, the exhibits indicated the entire launch sequence was certainly longer than a minute.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the detour to minuteman missile sites, I entered Badlands National Park at 9:30am.<br \/>\nBadlands National Park was known for its &#8220;Badlands Formation&#8221;, layered rocks formed by deposition and erosion. The different rock layers were deposited at different geological times, that appeared in different colors. Erosion selectively revealed the rock layers, resulting in the badlands that were visible today.<\/p>\n<p>Logistically, the (developed part of the) park was perfectly sized for a day trip (from Rapid City), which consisted of many roadside overlooks and a few short hikes. For roadtrippers on I-90, it could be done in shorter times if rushed.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Big_Badlands_Overlook\">Big Badlands Overlook<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The first overlook after entering the park (from the east) was &#8220;Big Badlands Overlook&#8221;. This was like a great preview of the park. While I had seen similar landscapes during my 2020 trip to Utah, the buttes here had much higher drainage density, featuring dense interfluves and gullies.<br \/>\nOn a different note, before my visit, I was under the impression that the sediments that made up Badlands&#8217; landscape were gray and monochromatic, just like the color of mud, hence they were associated with the name &#8220;bad&#8221;. That didn&#8217;t turn out to be the case. From &#8220;Big Badlands Overlook&#8221;, it&#8217;s obvious that the landscape was interleaved with layers of pink, an enchanting finishing touch to an otherwise dull scene. It&#8217;s like the difference between cocktail and water, and I liked the variety offered by the former.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7541.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7541.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7542.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7554.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7554.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7556.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Ridge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Ridge<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Around Door\/Window\/Notch region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7559.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7560.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7560.jpg\" alt=\"Road into Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road into Badlands National Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7541.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7542.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7554.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7556.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Ridge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7559.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7560.jpg\" alt=\"Road into Badlands National Park\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Big Badlands Overlook.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7541.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7541.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7542.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7542.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7554.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7554.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7556.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Ridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Ridge<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Around Door\/Window\/Notch region.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7559.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7560.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7560.jpg\" alt=\"Road into Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road into Badlands National Park<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7543_DSC_7553-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7543_DSC_7553-11.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from Big Badlands Overlook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands from Big Badlands Overlook<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"The_Door_Window_Trail\">The Door \/ Window Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After a short ride, I was at the parking area for Door\/Window\/Notch. These were three of the most popular trails in the park.<\/p>\n<p>I checked out The Door trail first (since it&#8217;s the first one along the route). The trail was made of a short boardwalk through an opening of a rock wall (p1 below), after that through the badlands to an overlook. The entire trail was under 1 mile roundtrip with minimal elevation change.<br \/>\nCompared to other trails in the park, this one (especially the overlook at its end) had the feeling that one was <i>in<\/i> badlands (instead of overlooking them).<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7562.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7562.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"The Door\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Door<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A V-shaped opening through a wall, leading to more badlands landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7566.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7566.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at The Door\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at The Door<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7589.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The terrain here was more rugged and less pointed compared with the rest of the park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7569.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7569.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Behind this ridge\/wall was the parking lot. The trail passed through it at &#8220;The Door&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7567.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7567.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7588.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7570.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7570.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7562.jpg\" alt=\"The Door\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7566.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at The Door\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7589.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7569.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7567.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7588.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7570.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos along The Door trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7562.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7562.jpg\" alt=\"The Door\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Door<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A V-shaped opening through a wall, leading to more badlands landscape.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7566.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7566.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at The Door\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at The Door<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7589.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The terrain here was more rugged and less pointed compared with the rest of the park.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7569.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7569.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Behind this ridge\/wall was the parking lot. The trail passed through it at &#8220;The Door&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7567.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7567.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7588.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7570.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7570.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7572_DSC_7587-16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7572_DSC_7587-16.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from The End of Door Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands from The End of Door Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, it&#8217;s &#8220;The Window&#8221;, which was a wider opening in the same ridge\/wall than The Door. &#8220;The Window&#8221; was only a 100m boardwalk from the parking lot. At its end, it offered views of layered badlands geology in different stages of erosion.<br \/>\nAs a side note, at first I didn&#8217;t find the boardwalk, and located another opening in the same ridge\/wall about 100m to the north, which offered similar (if not better) views. As a result, I decided to name it &#8220;The Mini Window&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_103914.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_103914.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"View from The Mini Window\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from The Mini Window<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_104933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_104933.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"View from The Window\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from The Window<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7595.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7595.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from The Window\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands from The Window<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7593.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7561.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7561.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Clay Mount\" \/><\/a><\/br>Clay Mount<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Of pretty uniform shape.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_103914.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Mini Window\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_104933.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Window\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7595.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from The Window\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7593.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7561.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Mount\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Window.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_103914.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_103914.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Mini Window\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from The Mini Window<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_104933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_104933.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Window\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from The Window<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7595.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7595.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from The Window\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands from The Window<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7593.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7561.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7561.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Mount\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Clay Mount<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Of pretty uniform shape.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7597_DSC_7602-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7597_DSC_7602-6.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Window\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from The Window<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"The_Notch_Trail\">The Notch Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A very visitor-friendly feature of Badlands National Park was that, its best trails were all very short. At 2km roundtrip, The Notch was one of the longer popular trails. There was a short steep section, but with ladders installed, it shouldn&#8217;t post any technical challenges.<br \/>\nThe Notch shared the same trailhead as The Window (350m south of The Door&#8217;s trailhead). Some vegetation lined the trail in the beginning part.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105341.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Notch Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105515.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105515.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105738.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Notch Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_114739.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_114739.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Notch Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_105341.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_105515.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_105738.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_114739.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of The Notch&#8217;s trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105341.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Notch Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105515.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105515.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_105738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_105738.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Notch Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_114739.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_114739.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Notch Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>500m later, the trail ascended through a steep slope up a valley. A ladder was set up here to aid the hikers (and hence NPS rated this trail as strenuous). It&#8217;s no big deal for me though.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_114140.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_114140.jpg\" alt=\"Ladder\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ladder<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">To help hikers get on top of the valley. The bottom part of the ladder was not steep at all. The top part was getting steep, but more crucially it\u2019s lacking footholds and handholds, and the sediment rocks were slippery, hence the ladder was installed.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7605.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7609.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7609.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7606.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Following the contour of the valley, along some steep cliffs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_110458.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_110458.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7605.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7609.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7606.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_110458.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos on top of the Notch ladder.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7605.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7609.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7609.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7606.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Following the contour of the valley, along some steep cliffs.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_110458.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_110458.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail before Ladder\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Trail before Ladder<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Once on top of the ladder, the trail continued through a valley, where vegetation was sparse since the landscape wasn&#8217;t as good at holding water. As the trail went on, the valley got narrower, and the buttes felt closer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_114019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_114019.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113847.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_111118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_111118.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112252.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112521.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112521.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113527.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113527.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_114019.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_113847.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_111118.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_112252.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_112521.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_112556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_113527.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_114019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_114019.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113847.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_111118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_111118.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112252.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112521.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112521.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113527.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113527.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards The Notch<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_111208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_111208.jpg\" alt=\"Opening in Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening in Rock Formations<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Along the trail to The Notch. I felt this fitted the name &#8220;The Door&#8221; better as it&#8217;s the proper width of a door. Only that it didn&#8217;t lead to a wide-open field.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not long after that, I reached The Notch, which was a giant opening in the same ridge\/wall as before. A befitting name would probably be &#8220;giant door&#8221; or &#8220;city gate&#8221;. But since these names weren&#8217;t succinct enough, the place was named &#8220;The Notch&#8221;. It came with views of fields to the south that were dotted with badlands, and distant White River Valley.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7615_DSC_7623-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7615_DSC_7623-9.jpg\" alt=\"View from The Notch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from The Notch<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7613.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7613.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7614.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7614.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_111804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_111804.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Fields from The Notch Overlook\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields from The Notch Overlook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7613.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7614.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_111804.jpg\" alt=\"Fields from The Notch Overlook\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from The Notch.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7613.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7613.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7614.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7614.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_111804.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_111804.jpg\" alt=\"Fields from The Notch Overlook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields from The Notch Overlook<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Backtracking 50m from &#8220;The Notch&#8221;, I found another branch of the trail that headed southeast. Continuing in that direction for about 150m, I reached another location that resembled &#8220;The Notch&#8221;, with similar views of fields to the south. However, I liked this spot better since it&#8217;s closer to some badland walls to the southeast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112951.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7626.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7625.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7628.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Formations<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113337.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113337.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Overlooking Cliff Shelf Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Cliff Shelf Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_112951.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7626.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7625.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7628.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_113337.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Cliff Shelf Area\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_112951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_112951.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7626.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7625.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7628.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Formations<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_113337.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_113337.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Cliff Shelf Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Cliff Shelf Area<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Cliff_Shelf_Nature_Area\">Cliff Shelf Nature Area<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After that, my next stop for the day was Cliff Shelf Nature Area, with a 900m loop trail that&#8217;s half on boardwalk. This area was directly to the south of &#8220;The Notch&#8221;, with views of cliffs nearby. The nearby landscape channeled water to the area, allowing abundant plants to grow here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7636.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Rock Cliff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the center of this photo is &#8220;The Notch&#8221;, where I was previously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7629.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7629.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7632.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7630.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7634.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7636.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Cliff\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7629.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7632.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7630.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7634.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Cliff Shelf Nature Area.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7636.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Cliff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the center of this photo is &#8220;The Notch&#8221;, where I was previously.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7629.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7629.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7632.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7630.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7634.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I checked out the park&#8217;s Ben Reifel Visitor Center (or mainly the picnic grounds around it). While enjoying the snacks, I noticed the buttes and pinnacles near the visitor center were some of the most attractive\/scenic\/iconic in the park, so I grabbed the following photos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7660.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7642.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7640.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7657.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7657.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7658.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7658.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7645C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7645C11.jpg\" width=\"89.5%\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Formations<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I found the rock formations in the center of this photo interesting. Maybe as erosion went on, they would develop into something like \u201cthree gossip\u201d of Arches National Park.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7643.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Pyramid-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pyramid-Shaped Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I liked its pointy top.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7659.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7659.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7660.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7642.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7640.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7657.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7658.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7645C11.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7643.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7659.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos near Ben Reifel Visitor Center.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7660.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7642.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7640.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7657.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7657.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7658.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7658.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7645C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7645C11.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Formations<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I found the rock formations in the center of this photo interesting. Maybe as erosion went on, they would develop into something like \u201cthree gossip\u201d of Arches National Park.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7643.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pyramid-Shaped Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I liked its pointy top.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7659.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7659.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7646_DSC_7656-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7646_DSC_7656-11.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from Ben Riefel Visitor Center\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands from Ben Riefel Visitor Center<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Saddle_Pass_Trail\">Saddle Pass Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After leaving the visitor center, I decided to check out Saddle Pass Trail, the only trail that I hiked today that&#8217;s not in the Door\/Window\/Notch section.<br \/>\nIn the park, the only long trail that&#8217;s also popular was Castle Trail, connecting Door\/Window\/Notch in the east and Fossil Exhibit area in the west. If Castle Trail was a highway, Saddle Pass Trail was then its only exit in the middle. The trail was only 1km out-and-back, but it ascended the Badland Wall in the process so it was steep at places. Even worse, most of the trail was made of fine sediment gravel that didn&#8217;t provide as good traction compared to other trail surfaces. I didn&#8217;t bring trekking poles for this trip and as a result, really struggled for traction at two spots (p3-4 below).<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7662.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7662.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7663.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_135410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_135410.jpg\" width=\"84.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The most slippery sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_135148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_135148.jpg\" width=\"47.8%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The most slippery sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7669.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7669.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7695.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An interestingly shaped narrow rock column along the ridge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7662.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7663.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_135410.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_135148.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7669.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7695.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos along Saddle Pass Trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7662.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7662.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7663.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_135410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_135410.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The most slippery sections.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_135148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_135148.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The most slippery sections.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7669.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7669.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7695.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An interestingly shaped narrow rock column along the ridge.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>On top of Saddle Pass it&#8217;s a typical prairie scene to the north (p3 below), that was dotted with badland buttes. To the south, there were towering views of badlands in the foreground along the park road, and extensive fields in the background. To spice things up, I identified a path up a small overlook (p1) which was more prominent. Despite the looks from the photo, it was actually a lot easier and safer than Saddle Pass Trail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7696C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7696C10.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"Saddle Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Saddle Pass<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In the foreground, the level field of Saddle Pass. In the background, I found a path on top of an overlook (indicated by the red arrow) with towering views of the extensive fields and badlands to the south.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7673.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7673.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7677.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7677.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the North<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now it&#8217;s a typical prairie. As erosion went on the badlands will shift north.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7672.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7672.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7671.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7671.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7675.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7675.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_133202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_133202.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7674.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7674.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7679.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7679.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7696C10.jpg\" alt=\"Saddle Pass\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7673.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7677.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7672.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7671.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7675.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_133202.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7674.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7679.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from an overlook on top of Saddle Pass.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7696C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7696C10.jpg\" alt=\"Saddle Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Saddle Pass<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In the foreground, the level field of Saddle Pass. In the background, I found a path on top of an overlook (indicated by the red arrow) with towering views of the extensive fields and badlands to the south.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7673.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7673.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7677.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7677.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the North<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Now it&#8217;s a typical prairie. As erosion went on the badlands will shift north.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7672.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7672.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7671.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7671.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7675.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7675.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_133202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_133202.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7674.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7674.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7679.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7679.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7680_DSC_7694-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7680_DSC_7694-15.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Fields from Saddle Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Fields from Saddle Pass<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Other_Overlooks_in_the_Park\">Other Overlooks in the Park<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>All in all, I spent about 50 minutes at Saddle Pass. After leaving, I spent the remainder of the day checking out various roadside overlooks in the park.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, if one was interested in the buttes and pinnacles, then the most exciting views were either around Ben Reifel Visitor Center, or around Fossil Exhibit Trail. The following photos were from roadside turnouts just before Fossil Exhibit Trail, a feast of pinnacles for the eye.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7697.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7697.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_141430.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_141430.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_141445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_141445.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7708.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7708.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7707.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7703.jpg\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road through Badlands National Park<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7698.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7698.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7699.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7699.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7697.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_141430.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_141445.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7708.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7707.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7703.jpg\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7698.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7699.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7697.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7697.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_141430.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_141430.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_141445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_141445.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7708.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7708.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7707.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7703.jpg\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road through Badlands National Park<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7698.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7698.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7699.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7699.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The day started out cloudy but the sun came out later in the day. As a result, most of the photos west of Fossil Exhibit were taken against the light, which wasn&#8217;t ideal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7710.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Fossil Exhibit Trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7711.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formation\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Formation<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a gear lever.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7712.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7712.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Castle Trail, leading to Window\/Notch\/Door area through prairie.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7734.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7734.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point. With rocky hills near Fossil Exhibit Trail in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7737.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point, looking southeast towards the rocky hills near Fossil Exhibit Trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7749.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands Beyond Prairie\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Badlands Beyond Prairie<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7715.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7715.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From White River Valley Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7716.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From White River Valley Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7721.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Bigfoot Pass Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7736.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7736.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point, looking back towards Big Foot Pass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7750.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7750.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7752.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7752.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_153238C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_153238C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7710.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7711.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formation\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7712.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7734.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7737.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7749.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands Beyond Prairie\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7715.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7716.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7721.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7736.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7750.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7752.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_153238C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7710.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Fossil Exhibit Trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7711.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Formation\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Formation<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a gear lever.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7712.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7712.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Castle Trail, leading to Window\/Notch\/Door area through prairie.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7734.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7734.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point. With rocky hills near Fossil Exhibit Trail in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7737.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point, looking southeast towards the rocky hills near Fossil Exhibit Trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7749.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Badlands Beyond Prairie\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Badlands Beyond Prairie<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7715.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7715.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From White River Valley Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7716.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From White River Valley Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7721.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Bigfoot Pass Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7736.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7736.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Panorama Point, looking back towards Big Foot Pass.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7750.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7750.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7752.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7752.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_153238C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_153238C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Burns Basin Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7722_DSC_7731-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7722_DSC_7731-10.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from Bigfoot Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7739_DSC_7747-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7739_DSC_7747-9.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands from Panorama Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Bigfoot Pass (top) and Panorama Point (bottom)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7755.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7755.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Homestead Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7756.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Homestead Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7757.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Homestead Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7759.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near Yellow Mound Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_160707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_160707.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Yellow Mound Overlook\" \/><\/a><\/br>Yellow Mound Overlook<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7767.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Yellow Mound Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161449.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an unnamed turnout along the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161452.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161452.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an unnamed turnout along the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161534.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161534.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road through Badlands National Park<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an unnamed turnout along the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7774.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7774.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7773.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7773.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7776.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7776.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_163332C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_163332C9.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the North<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From a small hill north of Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7778.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7778.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From a small hill north of Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7755.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7756.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7757.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7759.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_160707.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Mound Overlook\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_161449.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_161452.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_161534.jpg\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7774.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7773.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7776.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_163332C9.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7778.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-15, #splide-thumb-15 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7755.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7755.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7756.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7757.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Homestead Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7759.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near Yellow Mound Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_160707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_160707.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Mound Overlook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Yellow Mound Overlook<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7767.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Yellow Mound Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161449.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161452.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161452.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_161534.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_161534.jpg\" alt=\"Road through Badlands National Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road through Badlands National Park<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From an unnamed turnout along the road.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7774.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7774.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7773.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7773.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7776.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7776.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_163332C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_163332C9.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7778.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7778.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From a small hill north of Pinnacles Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7766C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7766C11.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Bison in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7770C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7770C11.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Bison in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bison in Field<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This lone one was spotted near to Yellow Mound Overlook. Many at the overlook were excited. Despite it&#8217;s relatively far in the field, it was my first bison sighting for this trip so I quickly switched on my telephoto lens and grabbed a few photos.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then a quick discussion about animals in the park. During my visit, it seemed that they were more active in the western part of the park. The most common sightings were prairie dogs, but I was into something more impressive like bisons. My wishes were fulfilled just before I exited the park, as a group of bisons were resting in the field not far from the road.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7782C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7782C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bison<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7784C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7784C11.jpg\" alt=\"Prairie Dog\" \/><\/a><\/br>Prairie Dog<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7786C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7786C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bison<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7794C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7794C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison Crossing Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bison Crossing Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7796.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7796.jpg\" alt=\"Bisons Next to Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bisons Next to Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7782C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7784C11.jpg\" alt=\"Prairie Dog\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7786C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7794C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison Crossing Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7796.jpg\" alt=\"Bisons Next to Road\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-16, #splide-thumb-16 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the animals in Badlands national Park.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7782C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7782C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bison<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7784C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7784C11.jpg\" alt=\"Prairie Dog\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Prairie Dog<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7786C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7786C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bison<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7794C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7794C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison Crossing Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bison Crossing Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7796.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7796.jpg\" alt=\"Bisons Next to Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bisons Next to Road<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/DSC_7803C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/DSC_7803C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bison<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This was probably the most exciting shot of the day. I was driving out of the park&#8217;s gates when this bison decided to cross the road, right in front of my car. For a brief moment, we were staring into each other, like a toreador facing his game (only that I wasn&#8217;t). This photo was taken at a mere 150mm (cropped to 188mm for display here). Eventually, this bison lost interest in <del>me<\/del> my car and moved on.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>While Badlands National Park offered more to explore in its western and southern part, I preferred paved roads so I left the park from Pinnacles entrance. Not long after that, I was at the town of Wall.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Wall_Drug_Store\">Wall Drug Store<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For a town with a population of 700, Wall Drug Store was certainly an outstanding presence. Started out as a small pharmacy in the 1930s, through relentless advertising and popularity of the nearby Badlands National Park, now it&#8217;s a proper mall and department store (that focused on souvenirs). Their advertisement was so aggressive that it&#8217;s impossible to miss their billboard signs driving along I90 in South Dakota.<br \/>\nWhile I wasn&#8217;t too much into their souvenir shops, I was getting hungry and they had a cafeteria. To make things better, while waiting for my order, the cafeteria was also a western art gallery, perfect for me that was into everything oil on canvas. (Unfortunately no photos were allowed for the arts.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_181250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_181250.jpg\" alt=\"Wall Drug Store Exterior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wall Drug Store Exterior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The parking spaces were decorated with horse hitching posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_174959.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_174959.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I got to the cafeteria just before its closing time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180429.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Passage to Backyard of Wall Drug Store\" \/><\/a><\/br>Passage to Backyard of Wall Drug Store<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">For the first time in many years I saw some restrooms were described as &#8220;deluxe&#8221;. So despite I just used the restrooms in the main building, I still decided to check them out. In the end, apart from being more spacious, I couldn&#8217;t tell anything &#8220;deluxe&#8221; about them.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180844.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180844.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Photos Display\" \/><\/a><\/br>Historic Photos Display<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the not-so-visited backyard part.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180804C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180804C9.jpg\" width=\"67.9%\" alt=\"T-Rex Statue\" \/><\/a><\/br>T-Rex Statue<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Outside Japan I found few instances of giant movable statues, but this was certainly one. Despite the warning that \u201cT-Rex eats every 12 minutes\u201d, it stayed behind the wall, while the \u201ceat\u201d part was only swinging its open mouth around in suspense music.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_182056.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_182056.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Statue\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Statue<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An advertisement piece for Wall Drug Store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_182047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_182047.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Clouds in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Clouds in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some beautiful clouds towards the direction of Badlands National Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_181250.jpg\" alt=\"Wall Drug Store Exterior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_174959.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_180429.jpg\" alt=\"Passage to Backyard of Wall Drug Store\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_180844.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Photos Display\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_180804C9.jpg\" alt=\"T-Rex Statue\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_182056.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Statue\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails-s\/20230920_182047.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Clouds in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-17, #splide-thumb-17 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_181250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_181250.jpg\" alt=\"Wall Drug Store Exterior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wall Drug Store Exterior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The parking spaces were decorated with horse hitching posts.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_174959.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_174959.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I got to the cafeteria just before its closing time.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180429.jpg\" alt=\"Passage to Backyard of Wall Drug Store\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Passage to Backyard of Wall Drug Store<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">For the first time in many years I saw some restrooms were described as &#8220;deluxe&#8221;. So despite I just used the restrooms in the main building, I still decided to check them out. In the end, apart from being more spacious, I couldn&#8217;t tell anything &#8220;deluxe&#8221; about them.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180844.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180844.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Photos Display\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Historic Photos Display<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the not-so-visited backyard part.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_180804C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_180804C9.jpg\" alt=\"T-Rex Statue\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>T-Rex Statue<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Outside Japan I found few instances of giant movable statues, but this was certainly one. Despite the warning that \u201cT-Rex eats every 12 minutes\u201d, it stayed behind the wall, while the \u201ceat\u201d part was only swinging its open mouth around in suspense music.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_182056.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_182056.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Statue\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Statue<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An advertisement piece for Wall Drug Store.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/20230920_182047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/20\/thumbnails\/20230920_182047.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Clouds in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Clouds in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some beautiful clouds towards the direction of Badlands National Park.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After dinner, I checked out the rest of the Wall Drug Store, together with their giant dinosaur statue near the town&#8217;s interstate exit.<br \/>\nAfter that, I drove towards my overnight lodge in Rapid City where I would spend the next few days exploring Black Hills.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states, I toured Badlands National Park, one that featured a unique landscape of extensive eroded buttes and pinnacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,2],"tags":[622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8747,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8108\/revisions\/8747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}