The two RV Gypsies |
Below: The two RV Gypsies came to a sign which was a different sign from the trail sign that was there in 2012. In 2012 the two RV Gypsies hiked the Painted Canyon Nature Trail portrayed in the sign shown below, so they did not hike the trail again in 2016 because Lee Duquette did not want to. However, the photos taken on the trail in 2012 are posted below as a flashback. |
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FLASHBACK TO JUNE 6 & 7,
2012: The two RV Gypsies began their visit to the Theodore Roosevelt
National Park at the Painted Canyon Overlook with a spectacular view
of the Badlands, a flat desert landscape broken by petrified wood and
rock formations. Although it was a cloudy day with light rain, the images
of color and light playing across the face of the wild and broken land
was an amazing sight. The view had a quiet, haunting beauty. Wind and
water shape the canyons; light and shadows add depth and contrast to
define their character. |
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Before hiking the trail, the two RV Gypsies stood on the upper margin of the Badlands and enjoyed magnificent panorama views of the broken topography with its colorful hues. No admission fees were charged at Painted Canyon, on this date. | |
June
6, 2012 - a rainy day at the Painted Canyon |
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June
7, 2012 - Below is the same photo as above, but on a sunnier day at the
Painted Canyon |
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More
Panoramas of The Painted Canyon |
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A
panorama of the Painted Canyon and the hiking trail to the bottom of the
canyon. |
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Views of the Painted Canyon from the overlook |
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June
7, 2012 - The two RV Gypsies decided to hike the Painted Canyon Trail
Head. It was a one-mile loop, easy walking. |
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Below:
Views of the rock formation from further down the hiking trail |
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Part way down the trail, the two RV Gypsies heard
people talking at the top of the rim, but they could barely see them. |
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Animal poop along the trail - Lee Duquette
insisted on taking the photo shown below. |
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There were some difficult stairs along the trail. |
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The two RV Gypsies at the
bottom of the trail.
Karen Duquette was amazed at the view from the bottom of
the canyon and got a different view of the colorful mound that she had
photographed from above a bit earlier. |
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An amazing
view from ground level at the Painted Canyon |
This looks like hard rock, but it was soft moist clay |
This was a relatively easy trail, except for the fact that it rained the day before and there was a bit of water and a lot of gooey mud to walk through. | |
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Continue navigation in the order of occurrence -- the North Unit of Theodore National Park - an area they did not visit in 2012.
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