09/13/21 Monday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 13 Beaver Lake Campground

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09/13/21 Monday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 13
Beaver Lake Campground 
Custer, SD
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Wind Cave National Park was our destination today. It's about a 30 minute drive southeast of Custer. It was a nice drive and beautiful country. 













Right before we turned off to the visitor center, we saw a buffalo sitting about 75 yards off the road. We stopped and took photos. He was huge and I would not want that guy moving toward me. They can jump 6’ high and run 35 mph. Too fast for me. He was a handsome fellow. 








We arrived at the visitor center and the parking lot was packed. I worried we would not get tickets. Their website states they sell out for each tour about 2 hours prior or sooner. They only sell 40 tickets per tour. We quickly got in line and there were about 20 people ahead of us. When it was our turn, we were able to get the 1:00PM tour for the Natural Entrance Tour. We had about 2 hours to kill so we walked the museum and had a “very tasty” lunch out of the vending machines! We didn’t plan lunch very well. 

The Natural Entrance Tour lasted 1¼ hours. Most of the 300 stairs along this route are down. It’s a moderately strenuous 2/3-mile tour. At the end of the tour, you take an elevator back to the top…thank goodness.

If your ever in this area, I would recommend visiting. It is an incredible tour, and Ranger Abby was very entertaining. Since I’m only 5’2” I didn’t have to duck very much. There was a woman behind Barry that said the same thing but there were a few spots that I decided to duck any way. Some of the areas were wet from water seeping through and dripping down the different cave formations. 

On our way back to Custer we saw buffalo but they were to far away to take photos. We viewed them for about 10 or 15 minutes through our binoculars. I think they are such a cool looking animal. Glad we got to see them even if it was through binoculars. 

Natural cave entrance. And no this is not 
how we entered the cave. 












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