Scenes from the Tour

Because I am not in the mood to shift these pictures around, they are in no order whatsoever. They were all taken on our Mt. Rushmore area tour, however. And there are tons more up at Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/debdistante/MtRushmoreTour.


Big horn sheep, eating gravel at the side of the road. These are all females. Evidently they usually don't see the males until it's rutting season.

This is called Eye of the Needle. The road to get here takes you through very narrow tunnels. There *might* have been six inches on either side of the bus going through. We never would have made it in the RV. The skill of our bus driver in going through should be greatly admired. In fact, there were several people out on the other side of the tunnel, by the Eye, who watched us go through the tunnel. When we made it out the other side, they applauded and cheered.

While at Fort Hayes in the morning, waiting for our departure time, Matt was recruited to make a tin plate. He cut out the circle of tin, assisted in the shaping and embossing of it, and holds off the finished product here. Naturally, we had to buy the finished product...

Matt felt compelled to take a picture of me on the bus. Oy.

The tour bus made a rest stop at Sylvan Lake. When I came out of the bathroom, this sight awaited me. I thought they should both buy those coonskin caps because they looked so cute in them but I couldn't convince them.

We had stopped to observe buffalo and they decided to cross the road right in front of us. This buffalo and the tail end of the one you see at the right were both in pursuit of a female in heat who had just crossed the road ahead of them. The one on the right was literally galloping after her. I have to say, these guys were very impressive up close.

This old-time wooden coffin was on display outside one of the gift shops at Fort Hayes. Sadly, they had none for purchase inside. Rob and Matt both tried it on for size.

Matt had to check out the jail cell. Unfortunately, there was no key available for us to actually keep him locked in there. :) As I said before, this was a fabulous tour and worth every penny. If you're ever in the area, I'd encourage you to take it. We got to Fort Hayes around 7:30 am, had breakfast, left at 8:40 for our tour, returned to Fort Hayes around 5:30, enjoyed dinner and the show, and everything finally finished around 8:15 or so. The time between 8:40 and 5:30 was spent being driven about 100 miles total, all around, with a fabulous driver who kept us informed on everything we were seeing and provided tons of info about the area.