Badlands Residency Day 43
I made some pretty good progress on a new painting today. This one is for the design guidelines book illustrations I'm working on for the regional NPS office. Not my usual thing, I'm painting the sign for the visitor center with the badlands formations in the background. Today was ranger Tyler's last day at Badlands, so I hung around the visitor center for a while at the end of the day to say goodbye, for now. Sniff. His energy and enthusiasm will be missed here. After Tyler left, I followed a wildlife biologist/ranger, Eddie, back to his home for dinner with his family. It was a delicious meal, and I enjoyed chatting with his family, meeting his daughter's family, and seeing his property which is out in the country, north of Scenic. After coming back home, I stopped in to help Megan assemble her new bicycle, but she had already finished. We spent a few hours relaxing and chatting about ideas. Some good things starting to come together for me, idea wise. I'm beginning to formulate a more real plan for a long term culmination of my time, experiences, and learning here at Badlands.