Home on The Range

“Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, and the deer, and the antelope play…” we were there today. We drove through Custer State Park in South Dakota and saw buffalo, deer, antelope (they are not actually antelope; antelopes are in Africa; these are really called pronghorns) and prairie dogs. It was a beautiful drive on the way to Wind Cave National Park.

We took a 1 hour and 15 minute tour of the cave. It is the 5th longest cave in the world. It is different from other caves that we have seen in that there are no stalactites or stalagmites. The passageways were also narrower than any other cave that we had visited. We descended over 300 stairs to reach the bottom (fortunately there was an elevator for the return trip). The kids also earned another junior ranger badge there. 

Tomorrow we are leaving Custer and heading to The Badlands.

Check out more photos in Photo Gallery #2. And Check out our new page: "Animals We've Seen!"

Learn more about:

Wind Cave NP: http://www.nps.gov/wica/index.htm

Custer State Park: http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer/default.aspx