A Unremarkable Day at Custer State Park (remarks added)

You must buy a "license" to visit Custer State Park. One to seven days is 20 bucks. That is per real vehicle, motorcycles are $10. If you are just traveling through on one of the "highways" there is no charge but that is in somewhat small print. We arrived on the free park weekend so we got a couple of no charge days before we bought the "license." The pervious posts should argue for the value of the "license."

Yesterday we had breakfast at the State Game Lodge. It is the closest breakfast to where we are camped. The lodge is interesting. It was built in 1923 and still retains some of the flavor or the time. The breakfast buffet was rather usual but by overeating we avoided lunch so things balanced out.

Although the east end of the "Wildlife Loop Road" is just a few hundred yards form the Lodge, and it is the usual entry point for us, we threw caution to the wind and entered on the west end. We paid for our transgression as the bison and pronghorn were far from the road, the prairie dogs hid, and our friends the burros were not to be seen. It even took four snaps to produce one photo worth keeping.

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD

The weather, however, continued to be wonderful with the usual afternoon showers holding off to, well, afternoon. A few more days here and then on to a very different environment in New Mexico.