Our first side trip in Rapid City was to a place called "Bear Country". This is a private park in which you drive and get to see all sorts of animals "up close and personal". There are Mountain Goats, Dall Rams, Buffalo, White Wolves and of course Bears.
There was a pen in which they had about 30 baby Bears and they had them there cause they were not old enough to know how to cross the road with cars on it. When they get older, they'll put them out with the others.
After that we went to the Crazy Horse Monument. They have been working on that monument for over 50 years and all they have done so far is part of the head of Crazy Horse. The monument is being built totally with private funds and donations to the Memorial Fund. The Indians will NOT accept money from the Federal Government.
The man who originally began the project died several years ago and now it is left up to his children to finish the project. One can only wonder how many more years it'll take to complete the Monument. Still it's worth seeing.
We really enjoyed our sight seeing trips today and are looking forward to seeing more tomorrow. Now its time to get back to the RVs, eat supper and rest.
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