Black Hills

We had a good but long day in the Black Hills.we drove through Wyoming which is all low prairie for hours and hours To finally get to South Dakota. 

Then we went to Cave of the Winds National Park. The drive through the park was awesome. We finally saw a herd of bison and  prairie dogs galore. The elevator was broken down into the Cave which was fine with me because our guide books said one had the crawl at places inside the cave. Crawling in the tiny spaces in caves is not for me. I am no caver. 

Next we went to the Crazy Horse Monument. It’s very expensive.. $30 per car. Once we watched the video on the Museum we were ok with the cost. Henry Standing Bear himself asked

Korczak Ziolkowski to design and build the monument. The federal government offered 10 million dollars, twice, to the project, but Korczak refused. Obviously the Lakota have not had a good or trusting history with the US government and with money comes strings. The project has outlived both men, but still continues with donations 

Then we did a beautiful trail ride in the Black Hills State Forest on the fattest and thickest  horses. 

We ended our day at Mount Rushmore. Unfortunately, all buildings were closed for renovations except the gift shop and restaurant. 

Sorry to take do long uploading pictures. We have been camping since Northern California with little electricity and even less good wi-fi. Now the Pictures are updated to the Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3dsnlo1clw9woli/AAAxWbXtNqPfcu2vDGk9scOxa?dl=0

Wildlife (in route through Wyoming)

6 herds + 85 separate Pronghorn 

8 mule deer

2 normal deer (inside fence with cattle)

1lizard

1bunny

Wind cave National Park & Custer State Park (So Dakota)

2 herds+ 2 Bison

100s Praise dogs

1 pronghorn (while trail riding)

9 Road kill 

331 motorcycles (Sturgis Motorcycle Rally starts next weekend so there are tons of Motorcycles around)

Gree’s senior park pass savings to date $485.50