My friend Kim even got this great picture of me taking pictures of the sheep, you know, in case you needed to extinguish any doubts. – photo by Kim Lāthe

Three excursions, and a couple hundred miles later I finally found the illusive big horned sheep in the Badlands – the weather was incredible (and I don’t mean that in a “it was really nice out” kind of way)

I think we experienced nearly every form of weather there is on our trip including a body beating dust and wind storm that was out of this world. We survived though and got a couple great photos along the way. I think all in all the lesson I learned over the last 3 days is simply enjoy the ride. My quest to find these sheep lead me all over the Black Hills (and beyond) and I met some other fine creatures along the way. These roads are here to take us places – we get to choose which ones to take. If you continue to be disappointed because you haven’t gotten where you are going you might miss something beautiful right in front of you.