Day 5

Howdy! Well we have had a great day here in South Dakota. We have seen a lot today. I think the most unexpected was the two on the left. These little burros live in the Custer Park evidently. They were so cute and came right up to the car. If I were one to pet hairy animals, they probably would have loved it, but then I do have this thing about hairy things. Never the less they followed the car for a way. We said our good by and mosied on down the road. We again found many tunnels and around each bend we could see Mt. Rushmore coming closer and closer. It was fun to revisit the site again.

We then left the beautiful Black Hills and head toward Rapid City. We stopped in the visit at the Reptile exhibition. Creepy crawlies of all kinds. I got a lot of pictures. We were most fascinated by the giant turtles. They have really long necks and move really slow. I got a couple of great pictures. It looks like one is trying to push the other one across the road. They were funny. They also love to have their necks scratched. We couldn't get close enough to give them a scratch, but it was fun to watch.

We then stopped by for my favorite thing of the day, a Limeade from Sonic. It was much needed as it was 89 here today. We have also had hurricane force winds. Ok, maybe that is not quite true, but still they were blowing really hard.

We then headed to the Badlands. Let me begin by saying that the drive is the worse part. About the time you are ready to give up you come up to the entrance and it just gets better from there. It was very unusual country, but most fascinating in its own way. We had decided prior to this that prairie dogs didn't have much use on this earth except to dig holes everywhere. Well we stand corrected! They lead very productive lives. Not only do those holes help the soil, they provide homes for the fox, owls, ground squirrels and ferrets. They build them and they come.

We then headed to Wall to meet up with the sisters. Tomorrow we head to the Rose family cemetery which is 47 miles out in the country. I will probably skip day 6, but will pick up on Monday with day 7 as our adventures begin again.

See you all later!