Monday, September 25, 2006
Bear Country U.S.A.
One of our final outings here in Rapid City, was to Bear Country. We went with Gina, who is a fellow workcamper and also our neighbor. When we arrived, we ran into Terry and Sonya, also fellow workcampers, and continued the tour as a group.
Bear Country was wonderful. It's one of those parks where the animals are free and you drive through in your vehicle. And afterward you can take a walking tour of the area where they keep the babies. Seeing the adult animals was cool, but watching the bear cubs play was the highlight of the day for me.
This little guy laying in the grass was having so much fun. Everytime he grabbed the end of that big limb, it caused the entire thing to rock and all the other bears couldn't seem to figure out what was going on.
After we finished looking at the animals, we HAD to make the obligatory stop by the gift shop. I was really proud of myself for not buying anything at this stop, but Sonya was not so lucky (depending on your point of view, of course!). Sonya loves caps and she couldn't resist one from Bear Country. Here she shows off her newest addition, but can't seem to bring herself to decide between the new cap and the one she was currently wearing. No problem, just wear them both!
Oh! Did I mention that Mark has once again cut all his hair off? Yep, and he's going with his natural color, which is a very distinguished graying shade of brown. I think I like this look on him. Or it could be those cool new Bono-ish sunshades!
Bear Country was wonderful. It's one of those parks where the animals are free and you drive through in your vehicle. And afterward you can take a walking tour of the area where they keep the babies. Seeing the adult animals was cool, but watching the bear cubs play was the highlight of the day for me.
This little guy laying in the grass was having so much fun. Everytime he grabbed the end of that big limb, it caused the entire thing to rock and all the other bears couldn't seem to figure out what was going on.
After we finished looking at the animals, we HAD to make the obligatory stop by the gift shop. I was really proud of myself for not buying anything at this stop, but Sonya was not so lucky (depending on your point of view, of course!). Sonya loves caps and she couldn't resist one from Bear Country. Here she shows off her newest addition, but can't seem to bring herself to decide between the new cap and the one she was currently wearing. No problem, just wear them both!
Oh! Did I mention that Mark has once again cut all his hair off? Yep, and he's going with his natural color, which is a very distinguished graying shade of brown. I think I like this look on him. Or it could be those cool new Bono-ish sunshades!
