We took a trip south today toward Hot Springs. While we were in Wind Cave National Park, we had to stop for some buffalo crossings. We couldn't believe how close they were to the road. They were quite intimidating. 
We stopped at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary. On the way in, we saw the pack of wild horses, but they were too far away for a photo op. We learned that the movie "Hidalgo" was filmed there. They had some yearling foals for sale, so we decided to pay them a visit. This one black and white mare took a liking to Meghan and the feeling was mutual. But, alas, we can't put her in our back yard, we had to leave her behing (the horse, that is.) The tours were pretty expensive, so we just wandered around for a while.
Our next stop was Wind Cave. It was fascinating. Wind Cave is the 4th longest cave in the world, plus one of the few in the world that has "boxwork" formations, caused by underground lake water eating away at the limestone, but leaving behing the calcite that was in the cracks. It was a bit dark to take pictures, plus we had an overenthusiastic shutter bug in our group that was causing us to lag behind.
We went to church and the pool and are watching the Olympics. Tomorrow - The Badlands.
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