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Blackhills National Forest / Custer State Park

Sunday we spent some time driving through the Blackhills National Forest looking for great photo spots. 

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It snowed about 4 inches Saturday night.

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We also visited the Jewel Cave National Monument but we didn't take a tour of this cave.

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Wind Cave National Park

After the Badlands we visited the Wind Cave National Park.  The cave is a giant part of the park underground, but they have also preserved the area for wildlife.

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We were kind of curious what these guys were doing....so dad asked...turns our there is a natural mineral in the red dirt that they like to eat.

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This is the only naturual entrance to Wind Cave

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We took a ranger guided tour through the cave.

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