Greetings from Badlands National Park

Saw these beautiful rams on a hike. It was around 9:00am on Castle Trail just off the old ne road.

Sincerely,
Tracy

Badlands National Park

This park's sharply textured rock formations share a 244,000-acre landscape with the largest protected mixed-grass prairie in the United States.

State(s): South Dakota

Established: 1929

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