Black Hills

We had a great day today. Beautiful blue sky after all the rain. I have wanted to see bears but never have had any luck. Today we went to Bear Country where you drive thru animal habitats. We saw lots of bears. They are all brown bears but some are black. We would have to stop to let them cross the road in front of us. It was wonderful to see all the animals.

They have a nursery for the babies born here. There are 26 of them. Very entertaining and cute.

Isn't he sweet. They play and sleep, just like toddlers.

Here are the cougars. Go COUGS.

The hump on their shoulders is a huge muscle that helps them run fast and pounce on their prey.

How do these elk hold up that rack? Magnificent animals.

On to Crazy Horse. When we were here 23 years ago the Indian wasn't recognizable. Progress but doubt it is finished in our lifetime. We ate our lunch with this view today.

The model of what is to come in the foreground and the mountain in the background. We will have to come back in another 23 years to see how it has progressed. Tomorrow is a driving day on the way to Yellowstone.