After a stroll through the streets of Deadwood, SD.
We spent a couple of hours at Bear Country USA, a drive-thru zoo where you get to stay in your car while observing all kinds of North American wildlife.
Caribou
Caribou bum
Mountain Goats
Big Horn Sheep
Bears!
Mountain Lions!!! Lucy's favourite scary animals, along with rattlesnakes and "wolfses".
Chloe helping Daddy to drive.
It was super busy at Bear Country USA on this Saturday afternoon, but we were in no rush.
A bear approaching our car.
Charlie spotting a wolf.
A real close up.
Lucy in the driver seat now.
Bear bum or bare bum?
Charlie getting "bit".
Chloe giving wolf hugs.
A bear hug for Charlie.
Lucy sharing her hat.
Watching for animals.
Walking all by herself, just as she insists.
Howdy, pardner!
Copying Charlie.
Lucy giving bear hugs.
Baby bears!
This is why you don't climb a tree to escape from bears!
Baby wolf cubs.
River otters.
Stoppping to smell the flowers.
Mount Rushmore.
Chloe had already fallen asleep on the drive back to the hotel and Charlie insisted on doing Bedrock city instead, so we just stopped for a quick photo.
Our hotel.
Bedrock City in Custer, SD.
Hasn't changed much in ~25 years.
We started with a train ride around Bedrock City.
Fred Flintstone's house.
Taking turns driving the car.
Charlie meets Dino.
And Bam Bam.
The Girls and Pebbles.
With Betty and Wilma.
Meeting the real Fred and Barney?
All 3 in the car.
Chloe gets a turn to drive all by herself.
Helping to mow the lawn.
A view inside.
It's like deja vu - didn't we just see this place?
Phil "Bam Bam" Bischoff
Charlie had to ride this one...
Taking big brother to jail.
In the fire truck.
Look Aunty Gail, we saved you a seat!
Now a car that actually drives!
Who remembers this snake?
Old school playground - merry go rounds and burning hot slides!
Wheee!
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