Badlands Badlands Residency Day 22
April 12, 2012
I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof and so expected to spend the whole day painting. Had to run the park's projector I used with the kids back to the Visitor's Center. As I walked over there a spot of blue appeared in the distance, and patches of sunlight began to move over the wet buttes. Ran back to the apartment, grabbed my camera and water, hopped in to the car, and set off to chase the shadows on the rocks. Spent almost four hours tooling all over the park, windows down, wind whipping, singing along to Greg Brown. That spot of blue expanded to create a glorious sky with clouds shifting and drifting about. Absolutely beautiful. By early afternoon I was way over in Sage Creek and realized I was starving and had no food along. Headed back to the quad, and just before I got there, the clouds began to move back in and an hour later more rain came. I still got some good hours of painting in before having snacks and a wild game of basketball with neighbors.
