Tatanka! If you've seen Dances with Wolves this might sound familiar: it's buffalo in the Lakota language. I had no idea Kevin Costner developed a site to tell the story of bison and not the white man's version. We saw buffalo in the wild as well--those things are so massive! We also ate some...in the form of burgers and brisket. Tastes like...chicken, ha. Actually much leaner than beef. Other wildlife sightings were of pronghorn antelope, prairie dogs, and even burros (sort of look like donkeys) right at our car window.
It's hot here! And very dry but surprisingly has a varied landscape--sagebrush, pines, rock formations, and red clay. So we saw the must see sights: Mount Rushmore (at night) and the Crazy Horse Memorial which I saw in high school and seems barely farther along in its' completion.
We also visited Deadwood, home of the Wild West (I didn't know this before this trip.) Apparently, Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead at Saloon no. 10. We did the very touristy thing of watching a reenactment of his death and Ryan got to play the bartender!! Ironic, right?
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