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| Brian H | profile | all galleries >> Travels >> Black Hills and the Bad Lands | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Devil's Tower - Long View |
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 Closer up - showing rock formation |
 Because it is a sacred place to the Lacota there are "prayer" memos along the trail. |
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 Rubble which has fallen shows the hexagonal formation |
 Deadwood So. Dakota is a reminder of the Gold Rush days. |
 The lawless town was not nearly as clean and touristy. |
 This cemetery is one of Deadwoods major attractions |
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 Wild Bill Hickok is buried here |
 A bit hard to read - plaque tells of Calamity Jane and her love of Wild Bill |
 She is burried beside Wild Bill |
 First view of the Mount Rushmore Memorial |
 Avenue of State Flags |
 Washington - Jefferson - Roosevelt - Lincoln |
 The Father of our Country |
 Emancipation Proclamation |
 Evening Ceremony |
 Lighting takes place every night |
 One of our hikes in the Black Hills - to Little Deivils Tower I |
 The fall colors were in evidence but the temperatures were in the 90"s |
 The Little Tower in the distance |
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 Sylvan Lake from trail |
 The Badlands |
 Lots of evidence of erosion |
 Very old sea bed. No indication of Mamal life - only primitive sea creatures |
 These are different rocks - there were miles and miles of desert - and it was another hot day. |
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 A long view shows the extent |
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 Critters along the road in Custer State Park |
 Big Horn Sheep |
 Overview of Badlands shows the colors of the different layers of minerals deposited |
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 Another critter |
 Fire Circle at our Lodge |
 Lacota Dancer |
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 First view if Crazy Horse Memorial |
 Museum at Crazy Horse |
 Distance view shows initial cut for arm |
 Model in front and Memorial in the background. This is something that will not be finished in my lifetime. |
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 Refurished stockade |
 Probably location of well for water |
 Several families sheltered here from indians and government officials while seeking and finding gold in nearby streams. |
 Overview of terrain on Wild Life Trail in Custer Park |
 Wildlife |
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 Needles Highway |
 Eye of the Needle |
 Tunnel on highway |
 Tight clearance keeps the traffic down! |
 Easy for our little red car. |
 Castle Rocks |
 Many granite spires |
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 Distant view from top of highway |
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 Yet another tunnel |
 Along the way - Morman Monument to the Hand Cart Expedition. |
 Distant view of Devils Pass |
 The handcarts did not actually come through the pass. They went around. |
 Handcarts used to re-enact the tragedy. |
 Flaming Gorge Resivour |
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 On the drive to Dinosaur National Park |
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 The Morrison Formation contains an abundance of Dinosaur bones. It is much younger than the formations in the Badlands |
 Inside wall of bones at Dinasour National Monument |
 Look hard. There are several very obvious spines, jaws,femors, etc. |
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 And more... These were all trapped by a clogged river. |
 Outside trail - bones exposed along the way are not a numerous as those inside. They aren't as obvious either. |
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