We'll be staying a week at Custer Park in South Dakota. The 50th annual Buffalo Roundup is on Friday, it's a real big thing here at Custer. Over 14,000 people expected to attend. There will be a lot of festivities starting on Thursday.
We're staying at the Game Lodge Campground for four nights. Then we move to another part of the park. I made these reservations months ago and couldn't get a site for the whole week. This campground is really nice. Only electric though, $25 per night.
Sep 21 The Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway
The Wildlife Loop Road is an 18 mile loop that takes visitors through the open grasslands and pine speckled hills that much of the parks wildlife call home.
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| Burros begging for food |
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| Tatanka hanging out |
The Needles Highway is a spectacular drive through pine and spruce forests, meadows surrounded by birch and aspen and rugged granite mountains. The roads name comes from the needle-like granite formations which seem to pierce the horizon along the highway.
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| Needle Tunnel |
We did a hike around Sylvan Lake. Not too hard, only about a mile.
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| Tight squeeze |
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| Joe taking a breather |
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| Making my way down |
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| So nice! |
Iron Mountain Road is a winding road to Mount Rushmore. Along the highway there are wildfire exhibits, pigtail bridges, magnificent Black Hills scenery and tunnels that frame Mount Rushmore.
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| Joe standing under Hawaii's flag |
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| Bad picture but this tunnel frames Mt Rushmore |
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| This one too, but can't make out Mt Rushmore |
Sep 22 Jewel Cave
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| Our guide |
We took a drive to Jewel Cave National Monument today. There are four different tours offered. We took the Scenic Tour, cost $12. This is the most popular tour.
The Scenic Tour route provides an opportunity to visit various cave chambers and passages decorated with calcite crystals and other beautiful, colorful, and rare formations. The tour is moderately strenuous and lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes. The tour route involves walking up and down 723 stair steps along a 1/2 mile loop. The cave temperature is 49 degrees
On the drive back, we ran into this guy.
Sep 23
Didn't do too much today. Went on a hike on the Creekside Trail. Very easy hike but was 4 miles long. We enjoyed it, very scenic with all the leaves starting to change colors.
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| A little waterfall |
Then got some bad news from Kimi....our friend Colleen Thompson Leong died today....so sad....still can picture her having a good time drinking wine and singing with us at Kimi's house.
Joe and I toasted her before dinner....
Rest in peace my friend.
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