The Early Birds get the Cool Air

Just too much for only 1 post....Part 1....

Excited Anticipation
My Lovely has been giddy in anticipation for the Badlands.  She has been here before, I have not.  This was a favorite prior destination. 

I don't discount anything she shares with me.  My Lovely has brought it to life for me.  Today's ride did not disappoint.

This morning we got an early start on our bike ride through the Badlands because we knew it was going to get hot, very hot.  A good call.

We were up at 5:30 and started our ride at 6:35 am at 61°. We finished 5 hours and 47 miles later at 98°.  A big swing in temperature.

Another Big Change
Our route was an out and back.  So we got 2 views of the route.  We were amazed at the change of view from 7 am to 11 am.  As the sun rose high in the sky, the color  kind of bleached out.  It was all still beautiful, but the morning view was simply more stunning.

The Amazing Views
It is the rock, the layers of colors.

It's the split view, one side of the road is "Little House On The Prairie", the other side Luke Skywalker's backyard.

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