September 3-4

Sunday we stuck close to camp. Randy spent the afternoon smoking beef ribs and pork chops... yummy! After dinner we biked a bit of the George Mickelson trail
https://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/mickel…, which runs in front of our RV Park, to the Gordon Stockade.http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer/…
The smoke from forest fires provided us with a beautiful sunset reflected onto Stockade Lake.
Monday we went to Wind Caves National Park and took an hour and a half tour. Not as spectacular as Carlsbad but beautiful in it's own way and one of the world's longest caves. After the tour we took a short hike on the prairie above the caves. We also saw a herd of buffalo on our way to the visitors center.
Then we drove to Hot Springs for lunch and strolled along the river, downtown and up to the Veteran's Battle Mt Sanitarium. Next we toured the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD. It's an active paleontological dig with 61 mammoths unearthed so far. http://mammothsite.com/

A full day of sightseeing! 😊Read more