The day began with a trip to Mt. Rushmore. The road is winding and narrow and includes some one-lane tunnels through solid rock. Honking your horn lets people know you are entering. The tunnels aren't long and you can see out the other side, but they are just barely wide enough for one car to pass through at a time. The
pigtail bridges on Iron Mountain Road help to
align the road to the one lane tunnels that pass through the mountain.
A herd of bison were leisurely strolling along the road in Custer State Park. Many calves were present too. It seemed that the bison were oblivious to the cars and walked where ever they liked.
There is a wonderful exhibit of dinosaurs and fossils of all kinds in Hill City at the
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research.
Stan is
a famous T Rex that was found in northwestern South Dakota. This T Rex skeleton is a replica of a T Rex.
This is the actual skull of Stan, the T Rex.
Less menacing than Stan are the 8000+ teddy bears that Jackie Miley has collected at Teddy Bear Town. This picture show a fraction of the collection in her location in Hill City, SD. The bears are not for sale and Jackie receives bears from all over the USA and the world to add to her collection from people who have visited her. Some bears come with stories, sometimes poignant and sometimes funny and she displays them all. She has set a Guinness Book of World Records for the
largest collection of teddy bears.
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