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Travel Diary: My journey to The South

Window Trail

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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The view along the Window Trail in Big Bend National Park.

By Bobby Burton

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Notch Trail, Door Trail, Window Trail, Badlands National Park

There are three short trails that share the same trailhead on the far eastern section of Badlands National Park. The Window and Door Trails are boardwalks that explore the spires and buttes of the Badlands Wall. Notch Trail passes through the Wall and offers a great view of the White River Valley. There is even a fun rope ladder that takes you to the canyon rim as you head to the “Notch.” Some of the best views of The Badlands can be found on these short trails.  

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A Shadow Cast Across the Side of Casa Grande (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: This was a view I took in as I neared the Chisos Mountains Lodge after a hike back from The Window. With some proper metering and placing my SLR camera into manual mode, I was able to bring down the appearance of the exposure even with the bright light coming from the afternoon sun. As with an image I captured earlier that morning, I decided to compose the image by including a portion of the mountainside leading up to the peak. I felt that having peak near the top of the image seem to compliment the grand view of…Casa Grande.

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A Hiking Trail in Big Bend National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: This was a view looking to the northeast while hiking back to the Chisos Mountains Lodge from The Window. Quite simply, what I wanted to capture with this image was the hiking trail I was on. I felt that the hiking trail was kind of a leading line heading off into the distance. With the cactus plants and the other desert-mountain vegetation all around, it kind of led the eye forward to the rugged mountainside of Pulliam Peak off in the distance.

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A Hillside of Trees Before a Mountainside of Textures and Colors (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While the greens and yellows of nearby hillside trees was definitely a strong contrast to the mountainside, what I also wanted to capture with this image was the mountainside with its details and colors. The skies above would complement the complete setting for this image.

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Nearby Walls of a Mountainside with Skies and Clouds Above (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens

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Greens and Yellows Leading up a Mountainside (Big Bend National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the east up Pulliam Peak while on a hike back from The Window while in Big Bend National Park. While I admit this was an amazing view looking up this mountainside, what I also liked and what drew me into this image was the setting of greens and yellows going up this mountainside. I felt that it was just the right color contrast to the blues and whites of the skies above.