Wolves and Mountain Lions and Bears Oh My!
Jim “Boom-Boom Vacation Man” here with today’s adventure. We started with a simple bacon, egg and toast breakfast at the campsite. Then, it was off to “Bear Country”.
Although it did have some cheesy aspects and was surprisingly expensive, we did enjoy the self-paced car tour through this wildlife preserve. It must have been less than 30 seconds through the gate before Leslie yelled “There’s an Elk!”
Clearly one of the most majestic creatures I’ve seen and we were 15 feet away. We saw a number of beautiful animals, wolves, longhorn sheep, dall sheep, Mountain lions, reindeer and black billed magpies. Then, we found out why they call it “Bear Country”. First, we saw four black bears right next to the road. Then we drove over the hill to see several dozen scattered on the landscape. It was quite an incredible site to see a couple black bears chasing wolves away from the watering hole. Then it happened. The scene went from Mutual of Omaha to more of a PG-13 National Geographic cable channel special on the mating habits of the black bear. While Bradley was somewhat in denial, we all knew what we were watching. Did I mention they were only 5 feet off the road? We finished the drive and parked so we could walk through the babyland part of the park. This was really more of a zoo for young animals.We took time for a late lunch at Route 16 Diner and some shopping before visiting Crazy Horse. The size is really very impressive. The introductory movie is a must. I did not realize how long they have been at this project. It was really interesting to browse through the impressive collection of Native American artifacts. We also went back at night to see the “Legends in Light” laser light show. Unlike anything we have seen before. We were watching a multimedia event projected on the side of the mountain. Very cool.
Although it did have some cheesy aspects and was surprisingly expensive, we did enjoy the self-paced car tour through this wildlife preserve. It must have been less than 30 seconds through the gate before Leslie yelled “There’s an Elk!”
Clearly one of the most majestic creatures I’ve seen and we were 15 feet away. We saw a number of beautiful animals, wolves, longhorn sheep, dall sheep, Mountain lions, reindeer and black billed magpies. Then, we found out why they call it “Bear Country”. First, we saw four black bears right next to the road. Then we drove over the hill to see several dozen scattered on the landscape. It was quite an incredible site to see a couple black bears chasing wolves away from the watering hole. Then it happened. The scene went from Mutual of Omaha to more of a PG-13 National Geographic cable channel special on the mating habits of the black bear. While Bradley was somewhat in denial, we all knew what we were watching. Did I mention they were only 5 feet off the road? We finished the drive and parked so we could walk through the babyland part of the park. This was really more of a zoo for young animals.We took time for a late lunch at Route 16 Diner and some shopping before visiting Crazy Horse. The size is really very impressive. The introductory movie is a must. I did not realize how long they have been at this project. It was really interesting to browse through the impressive collection of Native American artifacts. We also went back at night to see the “Legends in Light” laser light show. Unlike anything we have seen before. We were watching a multimedia event projected on the side of the mountain. Very cool.
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