Since we visited this park a few years ago, we decided to start this visit on the west side of the park at a more remote entrance then drive a jeep road to Sheep Mountain.

As we headed into the interior of the park we stopped at the Fossil Loop trail & then did the more challenging Saddle Pass trail – straight up a Badlands wall. The terrain is so crumbly and loose, it is very hard to keep your footing!

As you can tell, by this time it was quite warm outside – whew! So we headed to the visitors center to check it out & get Jr Ranger badges.

On the way back to camp, we stopped at an indoor water park to cool off a bit.