Well we stayed in the hills for 5 days vs a couple. We love the area and there is so much to do. I told you about one day in sturgis, well we had to spend another half day there with stuff and left for Rapid City. That was our base for another three days. We went to the lighting ceremony at the monument. We drove thru the hills and tried to do stuff different than we have done. We still ran out of time and didn't get to the monolith dig in hot springs. Didn't hit the spring again cause this time I ain't getting into no swim suit. But we did go to the wild horse sanctuary. We spent about three hours on tour and another just nosing around. It was wonderful. We saw wild horses running free. American Mustangs, rescues, and Spanish mustangs, curly mustangs and Indian horses. It was incredible. The guy started this in 1988 and he was 62. I have followed it from the beginning so it was such an honor to go there. There is 113,000 acres and it encompasses many other wonderful historic sites. Many petroglyths, an area where the Sundance is performed by the tribe that comes there. Our guide was invited there for the main ceremony once and saw it. It is where they go in the sweat lodge and they have a tree where they hang prayer cloths, and where they do the ceremony they performed in Man Called Horse, which is pretty gruesome. He told us all about it and it is just amazing. They come every year and rent the area and perform their rituals. It was Indian land at one time so they return to the original place. We learned the history of the different horses, the story behind what he has done. Man I could go on and on. If anyone is in the area they should definitely see it. We also went to Bear Country where we have wanted to go . They have thousands of acres and many different western animals that live in their natural surroundings and you are in the cage (your car). We saw deer, antelope which are no big deal but we saw bears, brown, black and grizzly, we saw lynx and bobcat, elk, reindeer, and artic fox, artic wolves,, oh my gosh, to many creatures to mention. But the highlight was when the timber wolves heard our dogs. They were on the car, trying to get the dogs, our dogs were having a conniption but we saw them up close and personal.Then we drove thru the hills and Leroy knows every back road around so we saw that. We visited quilt shops, walked on trails. I have a bunch of pictures from a trail i walked today in the needles. That is my favorite part of the hills. So we have been busy. The park was part of the chain we belong to and it had a space for Leroy to fly his kits and a dog run, so it was really nice.
Finally we saw all we had time for, visited all we came for, and it was time to leave. So today we left and tonight we are in Wall. We will spend the morning here tomorrow and then head for the badlands. I love hiking the badlands.
I should have posted every day so i could remember and describe the highlights but I was shot by the end of the days. So this week i hope i have TV every nite as the new shows are on and I do like my television, in spite of what people think.
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