I'm having trouble getting google to upload photos but I'm saving what I can. I found that since a new photo goes to the beginning of the post, it's easier to load the pictures in reverse...starting with the last photo...which is now at the end.
You didn't have to warn me twice.
I figure the path was a way of keeping people off the ground.
We spotted more animals in this park that any other place we had been. The sounds of the birds early in the morning is not to be missed. I think the park might want to think about making a recording of the birds...if they haven't already.
Wotanka! Well, at least we thought so. We were all excited until we found a road that took us near them and discovered it was and a pasture full of black angus outside the park .
We saw a pair of badgers!
They saw us and ran for the hills.
So here is the end of the park. :-0
Notice the spikes at the top of the sign to keep the birds from landing.
Just outside the park we took this picture. I saw the giant bull and thought of the advertisement all over Spain for sherry. It wasn't until I went to resize the picture that I saw what it was. It's Babe...Paul Bunyan's blue ox. At least I'm pretty sure it is. The giveaway was the large hammer on the ground. You can tell how big everything is by the horse in the picture. Click on the pic to make it bigger.
Fini
p.s. Because I have been writing about cattle, look what came on my webpage.
Who says they aren't watching!!!
The entire place seems to distort what a person knows about spacial relationships and distance.
...and you can see forever!
This is almost the same shot but look what a slight difference in angle does. No wonder we saw so many photographers there.
Part 2 next....
You didn't have to warn me twice.
I figure the path was a way of keeping people off the ground.
We spotted more animals in this park that any other place we had been. The sounds of the birds early in the morning is not to be missed. I think the park might want to think about making a recording of the birds...if they haven't already.
Wotanka! Well, at least we thought so. We were all excited until we found a road that took us near them and discovered it was and a pasture full of black angus outside the park .
We saw a pair of badgers!
They saw us and ran for the hills.
Notice the spikes at the top of the sign to keep the birds from landing.
Just outside the park we took this picture. I saw the giant bull and thought of the advertisement all over Spain for sherry. It wasn't until I went to resize the picture that I saw what it was. It's Babe...Paul Bunyan's blue ox. At least I'm pretty sure it is. The giveaway was the large hammer on the ground. You can tell how big everything is by the horse in the picture. Click on the pic to make it bigger.
Fini
Who says they aren't watching!!!
We went to a rest stop off the interstate and drove under a bridge. Are these giant mud-dobbers? The first indication that something was different was the swarm of flying things. I thought they might be bats. Upon closer inspection we discovered they were swallows...hundreds of them and they had built thier nests here. My windshield can attest to the fact that there was plenty of food for them to eat around here.
A little further on we found this old town that had been restored.
Eastern Wyoming and western South Dakato were showing evidence of past forest fires.
The Black Hills...where Black Hills Gold comes from!
We must be getting close to the monuments.
There's a strange looking rock. Could it be?
Yes, it's Crazy Horse.
There is still a ways to go but you can definitely see progress.
You can see the men working at the top.
This is what the presidents see.
Then we stopped for lunch at Peggy's Place! Yes, we were thinking of you, Peggy. :-)
Grasslands Park Office.
