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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3885023" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Currently vacationing in beautiful South Dakota. We are in a Hill City, SD hotel and got lucky as all get out. The trip was a quick decision type of thing and the wife booked the hotel for us to check out on Sunday morning. It just so happens that the hotel will be closing seasonally at the end of the month.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, today we went and toured Wind Cave National Park. We had hopes that we could tour both Wind Cave and Jewel Cave, but found out we needed reservations for Jewel Cave. Those were made for tomorrow morning. While waiting for our 1:00 pm tour, we drove around a park loop to see what kind of critters we could see. Did pretty good on critters for this day.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-DW7WMNC/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-DW7WMNC/0/628cafb5/X2/DSC_8097-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-T6QnrQ6/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-T6QnrQ6/0/58468ac9/X2/DSC_8075-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Wife insisted that I leave the door of the Expedition open as this fellow approached us.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-254p275/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-254p275/0/8b8692c5/X2/DSC_8086-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>As I was taking pictures of three other Bison behind the vehicle, I heard her say, "He's pawing at the ground pretty darn good!" So, I turned around to keep an eye on him and this is what he started doing. My first time EVER to see a Bison "wallow."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-dWqwkXx/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-dWqwkXx/0/62bca579/X2/DSC_8091-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-RkDqg3p/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-RkDqg3p/0/fa06cbd1/X2/DSC_8092-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-QMnWt77/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-QMnWt77/0/1524c1bf/X2/DSC_8093-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Later on in the loop drive, we saw these.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-MQMH3dg/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-MQMH3dg/0/bce5586b/X2/DSC_8110-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Oh, yeah...</p><p></p><p>...I did mention a cavern didn't I?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-nb3LNFV/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-nb3LNFV/0/15685756/X2/DSC_3824-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-gLPQLDw/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-gLPQLDw/0/dc07d737/X2/DSC_3869-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-xHMcB5v/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-xHMcB5v/0/d07f621d/X2/DSC_3929-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Tomorrow is Jewel Cave, and while we drove Highway 87 (also including what is called Needles Highway) today, I hope to drive it again tomorrow when it is supposed to be more sunny. We will check out Mount Rushmore after the cave tour, and then see about driving Needles Highway, seeing some of Custer State Park, and driving back up on the Iron Mountain Road (also known as part of Highway 16A.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3885023, member: 7900"] Currently vacationing in beautiful South Dakota. We are in a Hill City, SD hotel and got lucky as all get out. The trip was a quick decision type of thing and the wife booked the hotel for us to check out on Sunday morning. It just so happens that the hotel will be closing seasonally at the end of the month. Anyway, today we went and toured Wind Cave National Park. We had hopes that we could tour both Wind Cave and Jewel Cave, but found out we needed reservations for Jewel Cave. Those were made for tomorrow morning. While waiting for our 1:00 pm tour, we drove around a park loop to see what kind of critters we could see. Did pretty good on critters for this day. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-DW7WMNC/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-DW7WMNC/0/628cafb5/X2/DSC_8097-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-T6QnrQ6/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-T6QnrQ6/0/58468ac9/X2/DSC_8075-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Wife insisted that I leave the door of the Expedition open as this fellow approached us. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-254p275/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-254p275/0/8b8692c5/X2/DSC_8086-X2.jpg[/img][/url] As I was taking pictures of three other Bison behind the vehicle, I heard her say, "He's pawing at the ground pretty darn good!" So, I turned around to keep an eye on him and this is what he started doing. My first time EVER to see a Bison "wallow." [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-dWqwkXx/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-dWqwkXx/0/62bca579/X2/DSC_8091-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-RkDqg3p/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-RkDqg3p/0/fa06cbd1/X2/DSC_8092-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-QMnWt77/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-QMnWt77/0/1524c1bf/X2/DSC_8093-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Later on in the loop drive, we saw these. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-MQMH3dg/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave-National-Park-Above-Ground/i-MQMH3dg/0/bce5586b/X2/DSC_8110-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Oh, yeah... ...I did mention a cavern didn't I? [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-nb3LNFV/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-nb3LNFV/0/15685756/X2/DSC_3824-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-gLPQLDw/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-gLPQLDw/0/dc07d737/X2/DSC_3869-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-xHMcB5v/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/South-Dakota-Sights-and-Beauty/2022-South-Dakota-and-Wyoming-Vacation/Wind-Cave-National-Park/Wind-Cave/i-xHMcB5v/0/d07f621d/X2/DSC_3929-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Tomorrow is Jewel Cave, and while we drove Highway 87 (also including what is called Needles Highway) today, I hope to drive it again tomorrow when it is supposed to be more sunny. We will check out Mount Rushmore after the cave tour, and then see about driving Needles Highway, seeing some of Custer State Park, and driving back up on the Iron Mountain Road (also known as part of Highway 16A.) [/QUOTE]
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