Wednesday, June 29, 2011

PRAIRIE DOGS!!!!!

Well, we got on the road at about 10:30 a.m. this morning and after hours and hours of flat ground, and hours and hours of rolling hills in indian territory, we arrived at Badlands National Park around 6:30 p.m. (We also gained an hour with the time change. We are now 2 hours behind the east coast.)

Just outside the park we found a spot to stop and feed prairie dogs...excited would be an understatement.... We had seen pictures on post cards of what it looked like but nothing prepared us for what we saw as we approached the park gate:


We spent the next hour twisting and turning around the base's of these sharply cut peaks...right in the middle of it all. Every turn literally took our breath away, and we laughed at how each time we turned a corner we both gasped.

Further down the road, which continues to provide stunning views for miles and miles, we stumbled upon more prairie dogs and even more exciting BISON!

-Adam

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10 comments:

  1. jennnnnnnnJune 29, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    the bison look similar to someone i know...oh yeah, it's you adam tusmella. :)

    ;) glad you're having fun!

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  2. Adam TudelaJune 29, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Tomorrow we willl look around and then hrad to the other side of the park 100 miles away and see mt. Rushmore and such.

    And jennnnn.....<3

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  3. AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    Mt. rushmore is a great area for rock climbing

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  4. ValerieJune 30, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    That last pic reminds me of feeding squirrels...I love the pics and am a LITTLE JEALOUS!!! Josh is standing here and he said,"Why do they get to do all this? I want to go!" Yay!!! That's my kid!!! Have a GREAT day!!!

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  5. AlienJune 30, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Do you know that Prairie Dogs are a good
    source of Bubonic Plague?

    How exciting that you got to see bison!

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  6. The GermanJune 30, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Jealous !!!

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  7. derekJune 30, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    I wish I could just like a comment instead of having to post my own... But yeah I'm Jealous too!!!

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  8. MomJune 30, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Yup dad & I are so going sooner rather than later now! You guys are making it look too hard to wait. xo

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  9. Derby'sJuly 1, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    All of us Derby's are loving reading your blog. Certainly making us all consider a road trip of our own. You guys rock !

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  10. MomJuly 1, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    Hey you said there would be a new blog last night :( What happened? K I am waiting patiently :)

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