Day 5
This morning we embarked on our first hike. We did the Medicine Root
Trail Loop. It was nice to get out of the car and see the landscape up
close. We were able to see many varieties of vegetation and animal
tracks. Right before we started the hike we saw a mother deer and her
two babies; we knew it was going to be a good day.
After our hike we went back to camp for lunch and then got into our car to drive to some of the outlook points. On our drive we saw some spectacular views and LOTS of wildlife. First we saw some big horn sheep on top of a mountain ridge. Next we drove to the prairie dog town. We saw lots of funny prairie dogs along with TONS of bison. As we were watching them a herd of bison began to run up from the valley and sprint across the road in groups. We saw many large bison and quite a few baby bison as well :) So cute! As we were driving away an owl perched on one of the signs and looked right at us as if to say "Take my picture!". So we did and then headed back to camp for our last night in the Badlands.
This morning we embarked on our first hike. We did the Medicine Root
Trail Loop. It was nice to get out of the car and see the landscape up
close. We were able to see many varieties of vegetation and animal
tracks. Right before we started the hike we saw a mother deer and her
two babies; we knew it was going to be a good day. 
After our hike we went back to camp for lunch and then got into our car to drive to some of the outlook points. On our drive we saw some spectacular views and LOTS of wildlife. First we saw some big horn sheep on top of a mountain ridge. Next we drove to the prairie dog town. We saw lots of funny prairie dogs along with TONS of bison. As we were watching them a herd of bison began to run up from the valley and sprint across the road in groups. We saw many large bison and quite a few baby bison as well :) So cute! As we were driving away an owl perched on one of the signs and looked right at us as if to say "Take my picture!". So we did and then headed back to camp for our last night in the Badlands.
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