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The
Painted Canyon is part of The Theodore Roosevelt National Park just off of I-94 in western North Dakota |
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Lee and Karen Duquette were traveling west on 1-94, a scenic road within
itself, they came across the Painted Canyon Overlook, about seven
miles east of Medora. They began their visit to the Theodore Roosevelt
National Park at the Painted Canyon Overlook with a spectacular view of
the Badlands, a flat desert landscape broken by petrified wood and rock
formations. Although it was a cloudy day with light rain, the images of
color and light playing across the face of the wild and broken land was
an amazing sight. The view had a quiet, haunting beauty. Wind and water
shape the canyons; light and shadows add depth and contrast to define
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| Here on the upper margin of the Badlands is a magnificent panorama of the broken topography in its colorful hues. No admission fees were charged at Painted Canyon at this time. The Painted Canyon was really so much more colorful than what shows in these photos because the photos were taken on a rainy day. | |
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6, 2012 - a rainy day at the Painted Canyon |
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7, 2012 - Below is the same photo as above, but on a sunnier day at the
Painted Canyon. |
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A panorama of the Painted Canyon and the hiking trail to the bottom of
the canyon. |
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Views of the Painted Canyon from an overlook |
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June
7, 2012 - Lee and Karen Duquette walked the Painted Canyon Trail Head.
It was a one-mile loop, easy walking. |
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Below:
Lee and Karen Duquette viewed the rock formation from further down the
hiking trail. |
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Below: Part way down the trail, Karen Duquette could hear people at the top of the rim, but she could barely see them. |
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Below: Animal poop along the trail - Lee Duquette insisted on taking this photo - Karen Duquette will never understand why! And he insisted that she post it on this website. DUH!!!! |
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Below: Lee and Karen Duquette at the bottom of the trail. |
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Below: An amazing view from
ground level
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Below: This looks like hard rock,
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Below: This was a relatively easy trail, except for the fact that it rained the day before and there was a bit of water and a lot of gooey mud to walk through. |
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Below are eight (8) sections of the adventures of the two RV Gypsies in North Dakota. You may view them in any order you wish. There is also another link below this menu. |
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Rugby
- the Geographical Center |
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The Painted Canyon (this page) |
The
International Peace Garden |
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After you have seen all of the above,Continue Navigation in any year, any place, in the order
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