The Badlands South Dakota

The Badlands in South Dakota were beautiful in their own way.  We have some Sears genealogy associated with this area also.  It was not far from here where the Wounded Knee incident happened.  According to our Sears genealogy some of our family was in the area.  Our 2nd cousin Judy Kinzle told me that her aunt who would have been a sister to my grandfather Sears could remember hearing the death chants and mourning of the Indians.  She was a small child at the time.  She also related that my great-great grandmother, Nancy Susan Rouloux Sears was a medicine woman and was able to help tend to the wounded in the camp after the attack  Here is a link if you are interested in a little history .http://www.history.com/topics/wounded-knee

Sherwin capturing the view

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Sherwin took a million pictures of the beautiful landscape

The sun creates beautiful shaddows on the rock.

I took this one for mom

prarie dogs

I was a chicken to climb on top.

Miles and Miles of the formations

Proof of our visit

The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient mammals such as the rhino, horse, and saber-toothed cat once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today.