A Healthy Year Starts with Backcountry Hiking at Caprock Coulee Trail
This spring’s wildfires closed areas of the north Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, especially on the east side, north of the scenic drive. However, according to the TRNP website, Caprock Coulee Nature Trail remains open. This was how we did it a...
Reward yourself with a quick short late-winter hike — a Sunday Snapshot
Getting a Healthy Reward Oh February, you are such a fickle month. But, thanks for the good days you give us and the noticeably more day light hours with slightly warmer temps. And we’re getting restless to be outside. So, that makes it a good time to...
What a discovery! We followed old Highway 85 through Badlands beauty
Find an old road bed like old Highway 85, and you find an easy hiking trail. You also find a clue to what it used to be like to have to get across the Badlands. These days, we are hiking some of the old roads that used to cross the Badlands. For example, Devils...
Rare arctic cold in the Badlands. Be brave. You can do it.
Dang right, it’s cold. So what? Let’s go! This year is one of the coldest winters on record – and it’s tempting to hide until spring. Don’t do it! Be brave. Bundle up and get outdoors. We did. Because the golden hour is our favorite time to photograph the...