Photos — Saturday Snapshot Boaters and Snakes choose Remarkably Quiet Mossett Bay
Boats and a Bull Snake A drive through Mossett Bay to the boat dock is a drive through a quiet, well-kept collection of summer homes. The boat dock is not busy, but a continual stream of boats came and went when we visited this week. The rocky shoreline...
Why now is the best time for a close view of wildlife in the North Unit
They’re Hungry When it Turns Cold Yeah, I’d much rather explore the Badlands when it’s warm and comfortable. But the wildlife in the north unit don’t have much choice. And that turns out good for us. Autumn is a good time to visit the park. ...
Saturday Snapshot — Drought in the Badlands, Tough for Bison
Drought brings A Crunchy Dry Spring Western North Dakota is as dry as I’ve ever seen it. In fact, the National Drought Monitor says it’s an extreme drought in the Badlands. That’s why grazing is drying up for bison and other wildlife. This week we...
We Drove The Remarkable Lonely Custer Trail. Have you?
Saturday Snapshot on the East Custer Trail Years ago, we headed to a high point on one of the nastiest winter days to get a shot of sunset over the Badlands, west of the Missouri River. We crossed the Custer Trail a time or two on our drive west of the River. Then,...