June 13 - 15, 2008 @ Rapid City, SD



Rocky Mt. Elk


Young Reindeer


Full grown Reindeer


Another reindeer


Big Horn Sheep (female)


Big Horn Sheep


Big Horn Sheep (female)


Very big horn indeed!


Rocky Mt. Goat


Rocky Mt. Goat


Bear guarding at the entrace


Relax bear


On alart bear


Rolliing black bear


Bear guarding at the entrace


Bored


Eva*s here!


Itchy


Itchy


Fight


Can you see me?


Can you see me?


A beautiful day


Let me take a bath


Many bears


Black bear


Hyrid bear?


Hyrid bear?


Bears caught in action


Mt. Goat


My Bear Country tattoo


Bear


Grizzly Bear


Badgers


Very sharp teeth


Lynx


Bobcat


Bobcat


Beware of bears


Do you know black bears climb tree?


Baby bears


So cute


Coyote


Very loving


Kiss kiss


Red fox


More kisses


Black Hills National Forest


Me @ Bear Country


Beautiful sky


Bear Country USA


River otters


Western Music Show


Wild Wild West?


Keystone, SD


Keystone, SD


Me @ Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Jen & I


Mount Rushmore Theater


More president heads


More president heads


Thomas Jefferson


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Abraham Lincoln


Black Hills National Forest


More president heads


More president heads


Original model of the sculpture


Me @ Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Me @ Iron Mountain Highway


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Me @ Custer State Park


Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Me sitting dangeously to take photo


Burros begging for food


I think it*s a pregent burro


Jen enjoys feeding the burro


Burro inside the car


They are not shy at all!


Bison aka buffalo


Bison tribe


They are very dangeous!


Can you find the turkey?


Deer


Deer


Burros


Burros


Burro & I


Feed


Pet


Photo


Burro saliva on my window! Gross!


Burro trying to take the wheel


Photo time


Deers


Deer


Bison


Very dumb looking


Deer


Bismarck Lake


Turkey


The Needles Highway


Needles


Very pretty


Me @ Needles Highway


More needles


Weird looking needle


Black Hills National Forest


Sunset @ Needles Highway


Just fit one car


Needle tunnel


Jen climbing up the rocks


More needles


Ca not get through


More needles


Barely fit


Jen & Eva


Sunset reflection on the needles


Sylvan Lake


Sylvan Lake


Past, current military


Mount Rushmore National Memorial light show


Mount Rushmore National Memorial light show


State Game Lodge


President Coolidge & Eisenhower stayed here!


More deers


Beautiful scene


Bison


Wind Cave National Park


Inside the cave


Inside the cave


Calcite formation known as boxwork


Calcite formation known as boxwork


Inside the cave


Inside the cave


Very steep stair


Inside the cave


Ocean fossil


The *Bubble*


The *Bubble*


Boxwork formations


Approximately 95 percent of the world*s


boxwork formations are found in Wind Cave


More boxwork


More boxwork


More boxwork


More boxwork


More boxwork


More boxwork


More boxwork


Me taking photo


Me @ Wind Cave National Park