Monday, July 2, 2012

Custer State Park, SD - Home to Buffalos, Burros, Rainbows, and Cantaloupe????

We are wrapping up our stint in the Custer, SD area of the Black Hills.  Wow.  What an amazing place!  So much beautiful scenery here, I can't even begin to describe...but, here goes anyway.

After asking the park ranger where the buffalo were, we headed toward the Wildlife Loop Drive.  On the ride there we were SO excited to see this HUGE male walking through the woods.  

We stopped, took LOTS of pictures, and were in awe.  

Or at least we thought we were.
We found a few more buffalo.  Or I should say a few hundred more.  More like, they found us. 


They were ALL around us! On every side of our car.  Talk about feeling very small.


Hey!  What are you lookin' at?


Kiss, kiss!



Hungry baby!



Try telling THEM that!

I wouldn't want to be this guy right now.  
He obviously didn't read the sign.





Spectacular!!!!!!

More Prairie Dogs!



Emmy kept looking for 'cantaloupe'.  We thought she was just hungry until she finally found these. 
"Look, CANTALOUPE!!!"

Another herd of buffalo?


These people were VERY excited to see the buffalo.
They had no idea what they just missed coming from the other direction.  

Beggin' Burros!


Look at all those pretty smiles!

Nice ass.

Sweet baby!

They brought bags of corn.  


Kiss ass.


Mountain Goats!




Lots of fires going on right now.  Due west of us maybe 40 miles or so there is one and for the past 2 days the whole town has smelled like smoke.
We just thought Oma was coming to visit.
Hi, mom!

And to top off our 'wild' day, what would be better than a BEAUTIFUL (double) rainbow?


And just in CASE you ever wondered what is ACTUALLY at the end of a rainbow...


It's me.  
I am. 
I also have puppy dog tails and butterflies.  


Check.




2 comments:

  1. Oh my Melissa! If I would have realized the "full" scope of these coming adventures, I would have stowed away in the top bunk above Maggie! This is just so thrilling just taking the "virtual" drive with you all!
    Nice "smiles" and "asses", but how cool is it that YOU (Little Miss Ray of Sunshine..wink, wink) were at the end of the rainbow!
    Love and hugs to all, Betty

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  2. We would LOVE to have you guys along on our adventure! We miss our Wisconsin family! Anytime you want to meet up we would welcome you. The girls have been missing 'Aunt Betty', and we look forward to seeing you all again...hopefully soon! Emmy has been missing catching frogs and making jewelry. Hope all is well with you all!
    Love,
    Melissa

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