Custer State Park

On Friday we spent our last day with Judy and Greg. It was a long drive through Custer State Park. This park has a wide variety of landscape. Mountains thin and thick, meadows, creeks and prairie. We saw the Begging Burros, 3...count them...3 buffalo, pronghorn antelopes, mule deer and birds. The route had us going through very tight 1 lane tunnels, wide open meadows and clinging to the side of steep mountains. The views were outstanding.

The "Begging Burros" are the only animal in the park you'll allowed to feed without getting into trouble. As you can see the Burros really like Mr. P..or at least the crackers he gave them.





Today we returned to the park with Miss Elli. We thought she'd like to see the burros and buffalo up close and personal. NOT!!!
The first thing we did was return to the 1 lane tunnels. We wanted to see if we could get good pictures of Mount Rushmore through the tunnel. The sun was shining directly on the monument. And I was able to get several really good pictures.

















































After talking to a Park Ranger, we took off on the road less traveled in the park. Still didn't see any of the 1200 buffalo they claimed to have. After moving back onto the main Wildlife Loop Rd..we came upon a line of stopped cars. In a bit we were able to move up enough to see the "HERD OF BUFFALO".. they were everywhere. I got out of the truck (since we were stopped anyway) to take pictures.. One buffalo was roaring his displeasure at our presence. We'd been warned to be careful. They can move fast when they wish. Gary thought he might be roaring for another reason...but I'm not sure. I just know he was LOUD!!!