Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Black Hills region, Started-1927, finished-1941.George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt ,Abraham Lincoln.
 Black Hills. This is part of a nature loop road, goes on for twenty miles. ( a fabulous drive) This is where the buffalo roam. All 1300 of them.
 White-tailed Deer, Black Hills
 White-tailed Deer, Black Hills
 Pronghorns (f) Black Hills
 Pronghorns (f) Black Hills
 Black Hills
 Pronghorn (m). Black Hills
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog,Black Hills and BadLands. These “towns” can have thousands in these large groups.
 Pronghorn (m) Black Hills
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Black Hills and BadLands.
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Black Hills and BadLands.
 Where 1300 wild Buffalo roam in the Black Hills.
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog,Black Hills and BadLands. This one is giving the alarm due to some danger. At this warning they all run into their tunnels.
 Buffalo, Black HIlls
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Black Hills and BadLands.
 Eye of the Buffalo, Black Hills
 Turkey Vulture, Black Hills
 Wild Donkeys. Mom and baby. Black Hills
 Wild turkeys were everywhere in the Black Hills
 Black Hills, Buffalos
 My hubby,Alan, with a wild donkey. Black Hills
 Buffalos roam all over the Black Hills
 This huge cave was amazing, a two hour tour into the dark, with some low lights. Unable to take any decent photos due to the darkness.( near Black Hills)
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Big Horn Sheep (m) Badlands
 Big Horn Sheep, Badlands
 Badlands
 Pronghorn (f) Badlands
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Badlands
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Badlands
 Badlands
 Big Horn Sheep (m) Badlands
 Badlands
 Buffalo, Badlands
 Buffalo, a roll in the  dirt, Badlands
 Buffalo, a roll in the dirt, Badlands
 Badlands (note: to get a perspective of how high these mounds are, find the two people in the photo)
 Big Horned Sheep (all males) Badlands
 A group of all male Big Horn Sheep, testing their skills. Badlands
 A group of all male Big Horn Sheep, Badlands
 This is why the Black-tailed Prairie Dog has his name. (Check the tip of his tail)
 Pronghorn (m), Badlands
 Pronghorn (m), Badlands
 Big Horned Sheep, Badlands
 Did I mention there are Big Horned Sheep everywhere in the Badlands. Photo taken from my car.
 Big Horned Sheep, Badlands
 Mule Deer, Badlands
 Badlands
 Buffalo roam in the Badlands
 Badlands
 I got off the beaten path one day, on this farm road, near Wall,SD.
 More of the farm road, SD
 More of the farm road,SD
 The farm road, going over the Cheyenne River, SD
 The farm road, Cheyenne River,SD
 The farm road
 Finally after many overcast days and rain in the Badlands, saw my one and only sunset.
 Our first trip (above photos) was interrupted and we came home early. Two weeks later we were back in South Dakota to resume our trip. Our first stop was this amazing Devils Tower in Wyoming,standing 867 feet from summit to base.Devils Tower was the
 Devil’s Tower seems to draw a lot of rock climbers
 Look closely to see four rock climbers on Devil’s Tower
 Black-tailed Prairie Dog.
 Finally got some sunrise photos in the Badlands.
 Sunrise in Badlands
 Badlands
 Badlands
 Sunrise in Badlands
 Badlands
 Found my herd of wild donkeys again,only they are very tame and lovable.
 Chief Crazy Horse, a Lakota warrior chief. Located in the Black Hills in South Dakota
 Korczak Ziolkowshi started Crazy Horse in 1948,and is projected to be completed in about fifty more years. The face is the only thing completed. He will be sitting on a horse when finished. Will be 641 ft long and 563 ft high. ( if you look closely
 Red Squirrel
 Red Squirrel
 Sylvan Lake, Custer State Park, SD
 Sylvan Lake, Custer State Park.( note how large these rocks are , my hubby is standing at a base of one)
 I fell in love with the beauty of South Dakota, the wide open spaces, and few people or traffic. But my heart really was lost on this wild donkey as he put his head near my body so I could scratch him.( the black dots behind me are buffalo) Our seco
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