Day 6 Custer State Park - The Wildlife Loop
The Boys were up at some crazy hour of the night and Lynn took them for a walk. Then at 0530 I got up and took them out for another stroll. Back at the camper we made breakfast burritos for breakfast.
The skies look to be clear and we will have all day to explore the wildlife loop. So we headed out on the Wildlife Loop. The first critters we encountered was small group of Pronghorn Antelope. They were pretty active and as it is the start of their rut, they were chasing and romping about. The Boys got pretty excited to see this activity.
We continued on the loop and spotted a buffalo herd off in the distance and tried to get closer, but this was not the case as all we found was a solitary bull sitting by the road. We returned to a visitor center and found it to be in an old herdsman’s cabin. The building had a lot of character and there were some nice exhibits. Here we got information as to where other buffalo herds might be, as well as the burros.
We continued on the loop and soon encountered the burros. Here these critters are well acclimated to the presence of cars and people. Several folks were feeding them carrots. The burros would approach every car that pulled off the road. The Boys did not get real excited about the burros but did show some interest.
From there we continued on the loop and decided to take some of the back dirt roads. It was here we found two different small herds of buffalo. We stopped several times along the way to get photos as they passed by the truck. We would then pull ahead of them and stop for more pictures.
The back roads lead us back to the small visitors center. There we had a picnic lunch and The Boys were very well behaved with all the activity happening about them. After lunch we continued the loop and stopped in a campground where we had thought about staying. We are happy with our choice of campground. In this camp ground, we did see a flock of turkeys and Lynn got some pictures.
Soon we were back at our campground and The Boys were fast asleep while we caught up on our writing.
We decided to take a little hike along a nearby trail to the Coolidge General Store. The hike there was uneventful and The Boys enjoyed every step of the way. At the General Store we treated ourselves to a Blue Bunny Turtle ice cream bar. On the hike back, The Boys started really pulling and looking into the trees. Soon we see what they were looking at, a couple of White Tail Deer. I tried to get some pictures but they were rather skittish.
For dinner this evening I made grilled cheese that had cheese, tomato and grilled onion inside. They were very good, well Lynn said they were good.
The Boys got their after dinner walk and they enjoyed touring the camp ground meeting some other dogs. Soon darkness fell and other campers were just starting their dinner and sitting by the campfire. We did not have any campfires on this trip as the fire danger was very high in Wyoming and there is a fire ban in place. Yet here the fire danger is listed as moderate and fires are allowed.
Between the excitement of seeing several different animals and going for a long walk The Boys are acting rather tired this evening.
Antelope and Buffalo and burros LETS PLAY!!!!!
Then there was just the tail!!
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