Lists

We've just been doing so much lately, it's hard to catch up in one sitting.  Lists are helpful for me, so I'll try it out.  Yesterday, after leaving the Badlands, we arrived in the Custer, SD area and got started on our plans.

This is what we did...
Mount Rushmore
Crazy Horse
Meet up with Jim McGovern (remember Baraboo?), our Buffalo Roundup contact
Jim gives us a driving tour of Custer State Park (a whopping 71,000 acres)
Stops at overlooks, walk around clear Slyvan Lake, see the Pinnacles
Out to dinner with Jim and Jane
Visit to an infamous Gold Pan Saloon (Jim calls it Bed Pan)
Sleep in the backyard of Janes sister Marcia, and her husband Steve, in our "home" tent
Survive the night with a mountain lion on the loose (for real)

Today...
Wake up at 4:45 AM for the Buffalo Roundup (we are on Mountain Time here, so it didn't feel that early)
Drive 45 minutes then, wait 45 minutes until the parking lot opens
See another beautiful sunrise in the rolling plains
See a bunch of antelope!
Wait
Wait
More wait
People watch
Buffalo stampede!
Cowboys corral the buffalo
See them up close
Fall asleep in the car, so tired from the sun and the 4:45 am start.
Veggie burger lunch
Mini siesta
Cruise around for an internet signal
Library internetting

And that is how we catch up.  The library closes in 20 minutes, so this is it for today.  My new method for this blog is going to be writing in the car, and posting whenever we find a coffee shop with WIFI.  My brain is pretty cashed out right now from the sun, tomorrow when we are fresh I'll check in again.

But before we go, here are a few teaser photos...  I love these beasts!