Custer State Park - Wind Cave

We were up and out by 8:00 this morning, mainly because people told to go early for our visit at Custer State Park. Little did we know what to expect. First of all, this whole area was very pretty throughout. Soon after entering the park we peaked a hill and came across this hugh herd of buffalo....literally 100s. They blocked traffic and made it known to everyone there that we were invading their turf. Entertaining to say the least! The volunteer in charge told us some interesting facts. Buffalo can run up to 35 mph and outrun many horses. Also, they can jump with ease over the fence where Wil was standing, and the males weigh up to and often more than a ton!
A little further up the road turned out to be hilarious! There were several donkeys being fed by people in cars and were, consequently, being very friendly. One of them approached our car and, out of curiosity, Max found himself nose to nose with one of them. "Put your face that close to me and you get a kiss!"
Later, we spotted deer, antelope, and prairie dogs as well. It was also published to be coyote and mountain lion territory. Wil said, "thanks, but no thanks."
This reminded us both of the "very" wild animals we encountered during our Alaska trip.
A good adventure, and we strongly recommend this!















From Custer State Park we drove down the road a bit to Wind Cave National Park. Neither of us knew much about this, so we bought tickets and within minutes found ourselves part of a tour group. The tour we went on was 1.5 hrs long, 300 stairs DOWN (or 20 stories underground). A little crazy and nothing like any cave or cavern we've been in. Thankfully we rode an elevator out!!! Quite a history and glad we did this.