From Wall through The Badlands to Mordo, South Dakota

Six of us decided to add the Badlands to our route today, increasing our total mileage to 102 miles.

For about 30 million years, layers of mud, sand and gravel were laid down upon one another. In those layers are fossils of prehistoric animals. About one to four million years ago, erosion began to outpace the deposits, leaving colorful spires resembling castles. These were the magnificent structures that we saw this morning that, for me, has made this a special day. Perhaps this is the Glacier National Park climb that I missed.