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You look like you're having a lot of fun, Gaiam. :thumbs_up

We spent the weekend with my parents and managed to get to the Badlands for an afternoon of climbing. Here's a few pics.

This first one is actually not of the Badlands, it's the view from my parents' yard as we were coming back from the beach...we got home just in time:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000780.jpg

This one is on the top of the butte we climbed. There were 9 people there, 7 with cameras and here we are taking pictures of the vista. I'm at the end in that pic with my nephews and niece ahead of me, my brother, who was obviously behind me, took this shot:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/DSC_0022.jpg

This is my son, Isaac on the descent, taking it all in:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000835.jpg

The view from the top:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...P1000820-1.jpg

This picture was a happy surprise, those are my boys, Isaac is on the roof and Sam is in the window frame. This pose was completely spontaneous, I was actually trying to get the backgrond, which makes it even more impressive:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000877.jpg

And this is the view in the direction Isaac was facing:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000876.jpg

Some of the weird formations:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000851.jpg

And caves. There are three children you can't see in that dark hole, I'm taking their picture:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/DSC_0030.jpg

It was a fun day. Lots of pictures were taken, between the 7 of us, there were hundreds, I'm sure. :rolleyes:

nice pictures. I've never been to the Badlands. I've been to Yellowstone national Park, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon and Arches National park. Have you ever been to any of those ? It is absolutley beautiful at all these places.
I would love to see more pictures!

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Originally Posted by pussnboots

I would love to see more pictures!

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Likewise. Good pictures, Idril, and please post more if you have them. About that first picture: I suppose everything turned jolly wet soon after it was taken?

/Claes

Those photos are beautiful, Idril! My favorite is the one of your two sons in the little 'house' thing. :)

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Originally Posted by Gaiam

My friends while camping over Memorial Day weekend. Not exactly a work of art, and they were all a bit tipsy but they're adorable and I love them to death! haha

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Does her shirt say "I have a great as.s?"

Looks like good times.

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Originally Posted by pussnboots

nice pictures. I've never been to the Badlands. I've been to Yellowstone national Park, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon and Arches National park. Have you ever been to any of those ? It is absolutley beautiful at all these places.
I would love to see more pictures!

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Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg

Likewise. Good pictures, Idril, and please post more if you have them. About that first picture: I suppose everything turned jolly wet soon after it was taken?

/Claes

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Pussnboots, I haven't seen any of those, I don't travel nearly as much as I should. :( If you ever do decide to see the Badlands, I'll show you around. ;) There are 2 units of Badlands in ND, the North Unit and the South, easy enough to remember. We were in the North Unit, it's close to where my dad grew up, practically in his back yard so he knows all the good places to go and every feature has a story for him. I don't know if that's the reason why I prefer the North Unit but it seems like it's a little more wild and varied than the South Unit.

Claes, it poured! As soon as we stepped onto the lawn the wind started and about 2 minutes after we got into the house, the rain came.

Here's a few more pictures since a couple of you were interested.

This was at the beginning of our climb, you can see the odd little cannonball shape rocks there in the right bottom corner:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000806.jpg

These tiny little lizards are everywhere and are an endless fascinations to the boys of the family:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000805.jpg

Isaac climbing:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000809.jpg

Going back down:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000831.jpg

More odd formations:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000838.jpg

The muddy Little Missouri River:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000867.jpg

By the river:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...P1000870-1.jpg

Wow, Idril, I had no idea what Badlands looked like. I had just heard of it as a destination to go. But that is impressive. Thank you for posting. :)

Those are fantastic pictures, Idril. Thank you so much for posting them! :)

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Originally Posted by Shalot

Does her shirt say "I have a great as.s?"

Looks like good times.

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Haah, yeah, her husband purchased it for her when they saw a stand-up comedian in Las Vegas. That's what the front says and the back says something like "And I'm Not Even In High School". I forget the context, but it was some joke the comedian told. They saw the show with her parents and her 58 yr/old mother bought the same shirt, too. Hah, they're a darling family.

I just can't get over how beautiful those photos are, Idril. And the little lizard is adorable!

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Wow, Idril, I had no idea what Badlands looked like. I had just heard of it as a destination to go. But that is impressive. Thank you for posting. :)

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I think a lot of people hear ND and thing rolling plains and prairies and obviously, there is a lot of that but there's also this and it is extraordinary. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

And Gaiam, those lizards are pretty cute but they are so hard to see because they're the exact same color as the rocks. Only young eyes can see them. ;)

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Those are great pictures Idril. I was lucky enough to visit the Black Hills when I was a kid, but I've never been into the Badlands. Your pictures make me want to plan a trip there.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...beagle/060.jpg

Taken in Spain ;)

idril those pictures are beautiful!