Day 10 - Cave of the Winds & Reptile Gardens - South Dakota

 Today we spent the morning driving through the Black Hills of South Dakota, stopping along the way to check out the prairie dogs, like the one on this picture, as well as bisons, antelope, etc. One of our destinations was the Cave of the Winds National Park. We took a 1-1/2 hour cave tour (very different cave than Carlsbad) and then headed back to the camper for lunch.

Prairie Dog Hole

Entrance to Cave of the Winds

This small hole in the middle of the picture was the original entrance to the cave.
A small person can fit through it. Park rangers are required to enter here as
part of their orientation to the park.

In the cave

Park ranger at the cave visitors center.
She is explaining how the Sioux Indians made use of every part of the bison.

A friendly prairie dog on the road back from the park.

Hi there!

We saw this guy about 5' from the road.

Entrance to Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD

Komodo Dragon - Largest lizard on Earth
Native to several island in Indonesia

Snake men!

Galapagos Turtles greeting Donna

Bald Eagle

Two Anaconda's - Their bodies were a thick as my thigh

Crocodile - 22' Long

Reticulated python - Largest snake in the world

Self Explanatory - One bite has enough venom to kill 300 people.