Capstone at Bisti Badlands
I am free! I’ve been on the road, Teardrop trailer in tow, for three days now and it’s just starting to sink in how truly at large in the world I am. I can go anywhere, any place, any direction, stay as long as I’d like, and sleep every night in my very own bed! The Teardrop is the best idea I’ve ever had!
Fitting that I spent the first night out on the road at the Bisti Badlands Wilderness. Bisti has no trails, and no maps; this is a place for wanderers. It’s also one of the most geologically exotic landscapes I’ve ever seen. From the parking lot, you just head east, into what looks like an ordinary arroyo. In less than a mile, you’re on another planet, a place of hoodoos, mushroom rocks and dinosaur bones.
Big Bone. No idea if it’s a dinosaur, but this place is well known as a Hadrosaur graveyard.
Down the Arroyo, Hoodoo Ahead
Dead End Arroyo
Hoodoo Self Portrait
Fossilized Bone
Bowie & Hoodoo
Mudstone Sculptures
Sunset at Bisti Badlands
Making dinner in my new kitchen!
Teardrop Sunset 🙂
I’m now in Colorado, heading to Mesa Verde and Hovenweep National Monument. Stay tuned for more!
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Wow, is that different! Kind of looks like the moon surface. Happy Easter on the Road!
oh goody more badlands, see my blog for North Dakota badlands info, the wonders of the badlands never cease to amaze me, thanks MJ
That is now on my bucket list of places to visit.
At the risk of sounding stupid, how do you know these stones are fossils? They, uh, look like regular ol’ rocks to my unpracticed eyes.
Teardrop looks fab. Is it comfy in the sleeping area? Do your dogs hop in too?
Where are you off to next?
Look at the Fossilized Bone photo- do you see the honeycombing in the middle? That’s a sure sign of a fossilized bone! If you look closely, you can see the cell structures, which have been replaced with minerals during fossilization. Bowie loves old bones, but he wasn’t at all interested in the fossils- they’re just rocks to him!
The Teardrop is super comfortable! I’ve never slept on a memory foam mattress and I’m totally converted. It has been below freezing the past couple of nights but I’ve been very comfortable! The Teardrop is insulated and between me and the dogs, it stays pretty warm inside. I love it! 🙂
I just sent my husband a link to your blog, asking him when we could go!
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