Badlands National Park

Since it was impossible to cover the entire journey back from Wyoming to Michigan in one day, we had to split the driving into three days. For the first night, we camped in the Badlands National Park.

It was a clear night. Since we were not at high elevations anymore, the temperature was relatively warmer. For that night, I decided not to set up my tent. Instead, I laid out my tarp, and had my sleeping bag set on the tarp. After a couple rounds of card games (eukere? dunno how to spell it), I decided to go to bed.

Sleeping on a grassplain with no tents was certainly an experience not to be forgotten. The nightsky was illuminated with numerous stars, and again, the milky band of stars that was usually drown by the light pollution manifested itself that night. It ran accross the sky almost from horizon to horizon. Presented in front of my eyes, weridly enough to think of, was a whole history of universe. The light that excited my retina was probably older than the age of earth, and the source of light itself might have long ceased to exist. What an intriuging thought...I slept well that night with the company of starlight and distant human-like sounds made by the coyotes.

The next day, we had the opportunity to appreciate the scenary of the Badlands National Park before it got to hot. It somehow reminded me of the Grand Canyon and what the central southern part of US should look like.


Was that the "sunline"?


Weird landscape...


Bad lands indeed...


Badlands National Park


Still seeing stars

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