We are back to school officially and I am LOVING it. Now if I just had about 4 or 5 more hours in every day or if sleep were more optional than it is for me life would be pretty ideal. As it is, I make notes and compose posts that never see the screen because yeah…. sleep. Food. Sports.
Since I am this far behind I figured I could just roll all those unpublished summer posts into the ubiquitous back-to-school essay theme this week. The Badlands trip was incredible. Temperature and timing came together to make for a perfect visit that started out nicely enough and got better by the hour.
Starry Sky Journal 
amazing…I’ve always wanted to go there!
Our family loved the Badlands too when we visited in ’14. I have a pic of the very same rattlesnake sign!
Gorgeous photos. Gorgeous landscape. What is the body of water in some of the photos?
Love the green rolling tops to the rock underneath. Very different and unique, yet some of the hills remind me of Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds and the Painted Hills. The colors that come out of the painted hills are amazing.