July 2021 - The Black Hills
While visiting the black hills, we stopped by Rapid City to see the statues of the presidents (well, the good ones anyway), and a couple other sites. The first was the mammoth hot spring site, which was a neat jumble of mammoth bones. The second was the Wind Cave national park, which was a cave with some really pretty formations. And we saw some wildlife while we were at it!
Part one of the trip, with more wildlife, hiking, and Mt. Rushmore, is here.
While visiting the black hills, we stopped by Rapid City to see the statues of the presidents (well, the good ones anyway), and a couple other sites. The first was the mammoth hot spring site, which was a neat jumble of mammoth bones. The second was the Wind Cave national park, which was a cave with some really pretty formations. And we saw some wildlife while we were at it!
Part one of the trip, with more wildlife, hiking, and Mt. Rushmore, is here.
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| First in the hearts of his countrymen | Me and John Adams hanging out | A joint editing session for the Declaration |
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| The smallest of them, James Madison | G'day, Mr. Monroe | With John Quincy |
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| The Van Buren boys! | John Tyler apparently played violin? | Speaking of hats... |
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| One of only two presidents that can be named just from his hat | Hanging out with JFK | Wall art in Rapid City |
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| A lovely meadowlark | The mammoth hot springs! Literal piles of mammoth bones. | |
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| The once top of the hill | A pile of tusks | |
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| Some cool teeth | Nearly a complete mammoth | |
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| Classic mammoth skull | ||
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| A male Bullock's oriole | Beautiful color on the bottom of the wings | |
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| Such brilliant colors | A female Bullock's oriole | |
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| A Red Crossbill (though streaky yellow as a juvenile) | Inside the wind cave! | |
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| Stunning boxwork formations | The whole inside of the cave is full of fine structure | More beautiful boxwork |
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| Walking through the caverns | I really loved the popcorn formations | |
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| More fine structure |