South Dakota Road Trip Day 5 and 6

Day 5:

We went to Deadwood, South Dakota home of Wild Bill, Calamity Jane and many other outlaws of the west. I had the opportunity to be volunteered by the actor of Wild Bill to be Calamity Jane in the reenactment of the death of Wild Bill in Saloon 10. 

Next was Devils Tower which was really neat followed by Custer's Last Stand and the Battle of Little Bighorn.  We stayed in Billings Montana. 

Day 6:

West Yellowstone. we traveled from Billings Montana to West Yellowstone through the Bear tooth pass. It was absolutely amazing! We were at 10,900 and somthin' ft in elevation. we were on top of the world. Luckily for me the top of the world has a bathroom... literally. there was a motel at the very top called The Top of the World and luckily they had a bathroom. (well, out-house but it was wonderful) We then entered the park and saw coyote, wolf, bison, and fox. Tomorrow we head home and this has been an amazing trip however I do miss Spencer and I'm ready to see him again. I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!! 

South Dakota Road Trip Day 4

Mt. Rushmore, Reptile Gardens, and Bear Country: rain rain and more rain. 

Everything we did today was in Rapid City South Dakota. 

Our first activity of the day was we went to Reptile Gardens.  Reptile Gardens is the most complete reptile collection in the World. Me, myself, I'm not a real big snake fan but the croc's and gators were pretty cool. Of course, it started raining the same time as yesterday. so we went into the indoor place. We got to touch a giant tortoise, a baby croc named fluffy, and i touched a snake too! 

the Next place we went was called bear country. pretty much you get to drive through this park and they have animals out in the open just walking around but they're separated by fences and cattle guards so that they don't eat each other. We saw Elk, Reindeer, Arctic Fox, Rams, Mountain Goats, Black Bears, Wolves, Bison, and Grizzly Bears. We also got to go through this babyland and saw the baby animals. In addition to all this, a front row seat to the show of how those baby animals were made. we had mountain lions and black bears mating feet from our car right in front of us. yeah the lady in the van beside us covered her face. haha she was embarrassed. ;) 

 

Mt: Rushmore!!!!

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING, UNBELIEVABLE AND ASTONISHING!!!!!

How  to Wrestle A Crocodile Presented by Justin Recorded by Colette. :0

South Dakota Road Trip Day 3

Custer SD to Rapid City SD: a whole lot of indian stuff :)

Our first stop today was at Crazy Horse monument. It was really cool. We didn't go in because the whole point is this statue that the indians are making for a memorial to crazy horse and since we could cheat and see it from the road we saved the 30 or so dollars and got a picture from the road. 

next stop was at Custer State Park. Inside this park is Sylvan Lake. this is the lake where National Treasure Two was filmed. It was really nice!!! Blake and I got to go on a Paddle Boat Ride. 

Me putting my hand in the same place as in the movie :)  

this is Sylvan Lake. 

Blake and I were trying to find my parents after getting done with our paddle boat ride and suddenly a freak lightning and rain storm came out of nowhere! We spent the next half hour trying to find our parents.  We finally made it to the car and we got stuck in a hail storm! I'd never seen hail this big before! 

Finally the hail stopped and we got to see a whole bunch of animals! We saw buffalo, a ground hog, turkeys and what they call "begging burros". pretty much they are donkeys that expect you to feed them. they were really fun! Below are some pictures from that. 

Later that evening we arrived in Rapid City. We went Bowling (Blakes activity (he picked that because we didn't want to go pain balling.)) We also swam in our pool at the hotel. Tomorrow, Reptile Museum, Bear Country and Mt. Rushmore. :)

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