Wow, another 2 days of travel and activities. Friday.....Crazy Horse Monument is BIG and a work in progress. You should google it to see what it even is....I didn't know until I looked it up. Very impressive. Paul drove Needles Highway like a pro - even the one way tunnels did not phase him. We hit over 2222 miles today, and I've navigated the whole way. Custer State park was where the girls were looking forward to feeding the burros, because someone had told us to take food with us to do that. Well, the burros did not follow the rules, and were nowhere to be seen. But, we did see plenty of buffalo and deer, and even sat in the middle of a buffalo herd as they were crossing the road. Probably about 50 adults and 10 calves. They were licking the dirt off the van, so yes...they were close. Stayed in Hot Springs, SD in a Super8. I've always turned my nose down on that chain, but we have stayed there twice on this trip and they are really nice for the money.
Saturday.....Cool day (50 degrees) We took a two hour bus tour of the Black Hills Wild Horse Santuary. Lots of horses roaming wild on this 11,000 acre ranch. Lots of babies, and lots of horses. They were not running like in brochure,but it was still a great trip. Then we went to the Mammoth Site which is right by our Super 8. They have an excavation pit with mammoth bones in it. They discovered a sink hole here in 1974 and have turned it into a HUGE excavation site. Very interesting. Then we went to swim at Evans Plunge, a 100 year old indoor natural swimming pool with a rock bottom. Fun.
We are keeping our eyes on the weather for our 24 hour Oregon Trail trip. I'll keep you posted.
Penny
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