Sun. June 22
Day 26
It's hard to believe that we are beginning our last
week of this grand adventure!
We started off by riding all the way around the park
loop road to get our bearings. As we were pulling out of the Visitor Center
parking lot a motorcycle went by with a bride and groom on it. She was wearing
a wedding dress! When we got to the first overlook, they were there and had a
photographer video tapping them. We never saw them after that. We were too busy
taking in all the gorgeous sights!
We stopped to visit with some prairie dogs. You have to look carefully to see their heads popping up!
In the afternoon we drove to another part of the Park
via I-94. We walked 1 mile down into Painted Canyon (and a mile back up--it was
easier going down!!) These were narrow
dirt trails with overgrown weeds brushing against you (no ticks fortunately).
Keith at a flat part of the canyon bottom
After dinner we went to see the sunset at Wind Canyon Trail (1/2 mile walk). The lookout was high up over the Little Missouri River. When we got there we saw 6 bison crossing the river. The, to the right was a larger herd of about 150 bison in the meadow. Just before the sun set they were on the move right in front of us. There were many calves in the herd.
And the sunset! God is the perfect artist every night!
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