2011 - BUS TOUR - YELLOWSTONE - GETTING THERE

YELLOWSTONE PARK

JUST GETTING TO YELLOWSTONE WAS AN ADVENTURE IN ITSELF.

IT STARTED IN ......

RAPID CITY - SOUTH DAKOKA

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS IN NAME FROM

FAIRLY TAME NOW BUT THE STORY IS THAT AT IT'S WORSE, IT TOOK OUT A LOT OF HOUSES WHEN IT BURST IT'S BANKS.

RAPID CITY HAS A LOT, OF THESE STATUES OF PRESIDENTS ON STREET CORNERS ALL OVER TOWN

AND MOUNT RUSHMORE IS CLOSE BY

HERE IT IS AT NIGHT

I FIND ROCK FORMATIONS FASCINATING SO I HAD TO HAVE A TOUR TO THE BADLANDS.
JUST ME, A GUY FROM NEW YORK WHO AS ON HIS WAY TO A CATTLE DRIVE & A COUPLE FORM BERGEN, NORWAY. I WILL BE TERE IN 2014 - I WONDER IF WE WILL BUMP INTO EACH OTHER. SHOULD HAVE GOT A CONTACT ADDRESS.

THIS HAWK WAS ON THE WAY

AND A GHOST TOWN...

AND INTO THE BADLANDS....

NO - NOW WE ARE INTO THE BADLANDS.....

THE GROUP.....

A VISIT TO THE CRAZY HORSE MONUMENT. WONDER IF IT WILL EVER GET FINISHED. THE PEOPLE INVOLVED REFUSE GOVERNMENT HELP.

AND NOW MOUNT RUSHMORE DURING THE DAY...

WE ARE HEADING TO CUSTER'S LAST STAND & SAW THIS HEADLINE... THE GUYS THOUGHT IT PRETTY FUNNY. THE LADIES NOT SO MUCH. WELL, NOT AT ALL IF I AM HONEST.

THE YELLOWSTONE TOUR IT'S SELF IS STARTING NOW. A FULL BUS LOAD OF PEOPLE. 90 PECENT AMERICANS ENJOYING THEIR COUNTRY...

THIS IS THE TOWER - DEVILS MAYBE - IN SOME FILM, I FORGET WHICH. WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE

A HUGE COAL MINE

BUFFALO BILLS BAR...

CUSTER'S LAST STAND.

OUR TOUR WAS TOO RUSHED HERE. I COULD HAVE DONE WITH AN EXTRA HOUR OR TWO..

BUFFALO BILLS BOYHOOD HOME

AND SOME GREAT ART IN HIS EXCELLENT MUSEUM..

GREAT BUTTERFLIES FLITTING ABOUT A BUSH OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM....

AND WE REACH THE DIVIDE WHERE THE WATER IN THIS LITTLE POND CAN GO IN EITHER DIRECTION.