This morning I woke up to the sound of Germans again. It turns out that two guys set up their tent on my site and were being yelled at by the camp host. Seriously…
After that I went over to the Door trail for the ‘geology talk.’ The guy talking was not a geologist, but had been hiking the badlands for 25 years and now volunteers there. He claims that he’s only seen a rattlesnake four times. When I told him that I was laid off and driving around he exclaimed ‘Road Trip 09!’
After the talk I hiked Castle Trail, which is about six miles one-way, over to the Fossil trail where a fossil talk was happening. I got there the minute the talk started, which I thought was pretty impressive given that it was about a three-hour hike.
On the way back I took Medicine Loop trail, which is a little longer but gets back to the same place as Castle Trail. I saw only 4 or 5 people on the way there and none on the way back. I did find a fossil though, loose in the middle of the trail. I took pictures and filled out the form back at the visitor center for the paleontologist.
