Rainbow Beyond the Hail, Summer Storm at Indian Hills, North Dakota

A bright, sunny summer day began perfectly for a hike on the Nux Baa Ga Trail at Indian Hills, west of Garrison, North Dakota. Soon storm clouds approached from the northwest, and hiking stopped; however, the powerful beauty of a summer storm brought its own sort of wonderment!

The Nux Baa Ga Trail (which means "all the people" in the Arikara language) is a six mile hiking/biking trail with six interpretive stops telling of the rich Native American History in the area. Included is a tribute to Elbowoods and other communities lost, now under Lake Sakakawea, as a result of the construction of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in 1953.

Read about the once thriving, now sunken, community of Elbowoods here: https://wp.me/p8zmWn-2F7

http://www.BeautifulBadlandsND.com

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