The following expert is from national parks website "Established as Badlands National Monument in 1939, the area was redesignated as a National Park in 1978. Over 11,000 years of human history pales to the eons old paleontological resources. Badlands National Park contains the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35 million years old.
Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of nearly 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie."
Check out link below for additional info and pictures about the park.
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Hi Mike ---Just checked out your blog ----looks good ---I guess that you folks are in Ind or Ohio by now ---I think that you are alldoing great and we are proud of you!!!! Hope that you get to see Camp Democracy in D.C. Say hi to everyone for me ----Al
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