Custer State Park & Crazy Horse

The next day we drove to Custer State Park to see the animals.  We didn't even get to the park before we had to stop and take a quick picture of this one.

Old time settler area in the park.

Once in the Park, we traveled on mountainous roads and then came to this huge group of buffalo.  We parked right next to them and watched them (eat, what else??).

I think they were headed for greener pastures.  Must have been a couple hundred of them.

And, after we passed them, a look back,

More scenery along the way.

And then we came up on these guys (and gals).

We also saw deer:

And, a rather uncommon sign:

Once out of the mountainous area, we traveled along a road with many beautiful sights of the landscape.

This road thru the Park is like a circle - it comes back out the the main road to Custer.  So, guess what?? It was lunch time again and we were going by the $2 lunch place again!!  This time we actually ate in the truck as it was colder and windier today.

After lunch (!!), we drove thru Custer and then back up the road to Crazy Horse.  Here again, this is an amazing feat, and, it's still being worked on.

No federal money is involved with this - it is from private donations only. 

I wish I still had pictures from when we were here in 1998 to see what differences there are.  They have a long way to go and I know we won't see the finished project in our lifetime.  Maybe the grandkids will.

The weather, although still nice during the day, has gotten colder.  The last two mornings it was been in the low to mid 20's. 
Time to head east for Sioux Falls....