Rapid City, SD

We arrived in Rapid City, SD 31 May.On he way here, we stopped in Danville, MO for a few nights. While there, we visited Hermann, a small German town noted for its wine making.

We had to try one of the wineries

And their Restaurant for some great German food.

One of their vineyards.











 Then back on the road

Thru Iowa

and into South Dakota

Lots of open road along the way.












Then a side trip to the Badlands National Park

panoramic view of the badlands

we saw several antelopes

more Badlands scenes

female bighorn sheep















Mount Rushmore








The presidents, awesome

another view

Washington's profile










   Then on to he Crazy Horse memorial. Paid for only by donations. If it is ever finished, it will show the full horse and Crazy Horse. This is the profile.

The start of his face

Many visitors

Then a road trip to Custer State Park

To see the animals.

Prairie Dogs

antelope

wild Burros


























Deer, young

and older

plus even a young male.

lots of Buffalo

with their young

and they owned the road

we saw wild Turkeys several times but they were hard to shoot. Must have thought we were hunting.












We had to wait on one deer

The road thru this are very winding and have six very narrow tunnels.

Samples of the tunnels. Some trucks and vans had to fold their mirrors in.










The scenery was awesome. Pictures do not do it justice.

These are typical views around each turn. It took us two days to complete it all.










AND, we did find a very good locally owned restaurant. The have excellent BBQed Buffalo Short Ribs and Buffalo Stew.