Another great day in So. Dakota. We decided to go to the Wind Caves National Park this morning. When we got there we got our stamp for our Passport to National Parks book. We decided not to go into the caves since we've been in a few before and figured we'd pass on this one. BUT,,,,,,,on our wave to the caves we were driving and saw a huge buffalo meandering along the side of the road. Jesse decided to take some pictures and we figured where there is one there must be more because they travel in herds. Well around a few bends and there they were. At least a hundred of them. All over the fields and in the road. We got stuck there for about 20 minutes while we waited to get by one at a time. I was driving,,,,,and wish I weren't,,,,Jesse said,,,,well we can get out and switch places,,,,,,yeah right. They were all around our car,,,,a very eerie sight to behold. When you look at the pictures you'll see they were right on our bumper and all along the sides and back of the car,,,,just staring at us. A little scary at times. I thought they would never move out of the way and we had to move by inches at a time so as not to alarm them and have them charge us. The darn things can run at 35 miles per hour.
On our way back from the caves we drove the Iron Mountain Highway. It is a very curvy road with lots of hairpin turns. Several one car tunnels along the way too. At the last 2 tunnels you could see Mt Rushmore when you were coming out. Especially the last tunnel where the mountain was framed as if in picture when leaving the tunnel. It was amazing.
We again visited Mt. Rushmore and did an audio tour of how the mountain was carved and other information having to do with the mountain. It was very interesting but took us quite some time to do this. A couple of hours at least. Glad we did it though.
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Great blog, I am really enjoying reading it and seeing the nice photos! About the missile silos, when I was in high school, kids used to go to them and climb down around in them. I did that once. We have them in Nebr., of course they are not used now. Not sure how safe that was! Keep the blogs and photos coming!
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Great photos, keep 'em coming! You both look great! I can't like to buffalos in the road...ugh...I could smell them from here! Yuck! Continue to have a great time, there's no "do-overs", can't wait to hear all the stories when you get back. Stay safe!
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Joanne