Heading out after a big storm to the TRNP we found ourselves a perfect day, light breeze, blue sky's and high 70's gave us the perfect setting for a short hike on the central section of the roundup trail.
We started along the norther park of the parks driving loop and headed towards the north boarder of the park along the roundup trail. The map said that it was about 1.2 miles till the trail crossed the roundup group campsite access road, where we thought would be a good place to turn back.
Our first exciting find, a dead deer.
Second was a dung beetle. Third was an incredible amount of dirt in all types and moisture levels(however unable to capture a picture of the diversity)
Spring Flowers have started and we found several cactus with these lovely yellow flowers.
Returning back to our car we took one last look at the very mini forest that the trail had taken us through!
Next stop a 0.8 viewing trail, Biocurt Overlook. The first 0.2 miles is accessible with a wide flat gravel trail complete with overlooks!
towards the end of the trail one heads up on a ridge
allowing a stretching view of these rolling plains amid the badlands. We encountered a park ranger out here who informed us that this is frequently a great place to spot herds of wild horses.
Trail: Roundup central section- A few challenging areas mostly due to mud, overall an easy hike.
Parking: You must pull off the road, no clear parking area to access it at the norther loop crossover. Marked, but you must be on the look out it would be easy to miss
Miles: 1.2 one way
Wildlife: Dung Beetle
Trail: Boicourt overlook - first section is accessible for all, the second section is an easy walk, however is fairly narrow, might not be the best for smaller children.
Parking: Clearly marked parking area just off of the loop
Miles: under 0.8 one way
Wildlife: none this time
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