Sunday, April 25

Up to a warm breakfast of blueberry waffles and scrambled eggs and ham. Visited a bit more with Merle and Iona, then hit the road. Just before we got to Wheeler, we saw several wild turkeys, one strutting. Then North of Wheeler, we saw quite a few ring neck pheasants. Got some good photos. Went through Imperial, then on to Ogallala, saw Lake McCaunahay (forgot just how big that lake was), then stopped at Windless Hill. Drove around Lewellen. Little house is still standing. Front porch isn't screened in anymore and they have added on to the back. School looks just the same. The Wesleyan church looks very nice. Headed North at Bridgeport for South Dakota. Got checked into our motel in good time, so decided to drive around the Black Hills. Drove on up the the Crazy Horse memorial and Mt. Rushmore. Crazy Horse wasn't finished, but you could see what they are hoping to do. The presidents were still very impressive and we visited the museum showing how they did the work. Terri really enjoyed it. We drove back another way and got more photos of the heads through the tunnels I remember Dad taking when I was little. We quit counting turkeys we saw when it was over 100. Same for deer. They were all over. Saw a herd of 60+ elk and around 6 buffalo. Got some good photos of the turkeys. oh, yes. saw a black sand piper. I need to look that one up. Drove enough of the black hills today we will head for Buffalo Wyoming tomorrow morning instead of afternoon as planned.