Badlands Excursion

Earlier this month, Eden had a No School Friday, so Scott took leave. The weather was supposed to be nice until Saturday, so we decided to head to the Badlands. But that morning was foggy and there were snow sprinkles! Since Scott already had the day off, we decided to go anyway, hoping it would stay nice long enough to enjoy the outdoors a little bit.

We stopped first at the visitors' center, which the kids enjoyed while we all ate our lunch. And we all learned a little about the Badlands. Then we decided to try a short 'hike' through the fossil beds. Everyone was happy for the first 5 minutes.

But then the wind picked up and the fog started rolling in. Jakey was getting cold, and Andrew slipped in the mud, so after about 15 minutes we decided to end our adventures in the Badlands and head to Wall Drug.

We walked around all the different departments and had donuts and hot cocoa. Scott made a new friend, and showed the kids how to hunt- that's probably as close as any of them will ever get.

All in all it was a fun family day. We'll have to try the Badlands again sometime.