Devils Tower and Custer St. Pk. South Dakota

Sept. 9
Arrived at Devils Tower and staying in Forest Service Campground inside the park.  We have a view of  Devils Tower from our motor home.  Lots of red rock around also.  Great place and you cannot imagine its size by just looking at a picture. 

Sept. 10
Traveled to Custer State Park to spend the next three days.  We need a break from traveling everyday and there is so much to see here.  Staying in the park with pine trees all around.  We do have electricity but that is all.  Visited Jewel Cave Nat. Mont.  We went on a tour down in the cave.  This is the second longest cave in the world.  We also had to go to Crazy Horse Memorial again.  We have been there two time before and it really amazes me the progress on the mountain.  The last time we were there was 2000. 

Sept. 11
Today we went to Wind Cave Nat. Park.  We took a tour of this cave also.  Took a trip to Badlands Nat. Park also today.  We did alot of driving in the Jeep today.  Badlands is 70 miles East of Rapid City.  Today there was a buffalo in the campground.   Everyone kept their distance and just let him roam.

Sept. 12
Today we drove the Needles Highway.  It's a beautiful, curvy highway through the Black Hills.  There are narrow and low height tunnels along this road so glad to have a Jeep.  We stopped in Hill City and Keystone to look at the shops.  That night we went back to Crazy Horse for a lase-light show on the mountain.  They only have the light show Memorial Day through Native American Day.  I don't know when NAD is.  We have had such good weather so far on this trip.  It has been windy through Wyoming but Dick survived the drive across Wyoming. 

Sept. 13
Tonight we are in Medora North Dakota and staying two nights.  We are here to see Theodore  Roosevelt Nat. Park.  We have heard there are lots of wildlife in the park.  I will let you know what we see.  The land around here looks a lot like the Badlands which is quite a surprise after coming by farm land growing sunflowers, corn and hay.  There are also lots of cattle.  More about the park later.  Definitely Happy Travels, Barb