01 A hot start of the walk....jpg

02 ...even though it is spring and flowers bloom frail yellows.jpg

03 ....and subtle reds....jpg

04 ....and even cacti show off....jpg

05 we have to drink lots of water so we do not wither in the heat....jpg

06 and wonder how the plants manage to look so fresh.jpg

07 Although it may seem empty......jpg

08 there is lots of wild life - birds.jpg

09 bugs.jpg

10 grasshoppers.jpg

11 and lizards.jpg

12 We walk up Hell Hole canyon and a little stream nourishes an oasis.jpg

13 After our four hour hike, we eat a well deserved lunch in a diner.jpg

14 Next we visit the mud caves for which we have to take our Honda CR-V off road, look how dwarfed he is by the mud hills!.jpg

15 Mud caves are dark and dusty natural tunnels.jpg

16 We make it just in time to to a famous viewpoint to watch the sunset over the Badlands.jpg

17 Isn't it pretty.jpg