Thursday evening and we are in Custer, South Dakota at the Bavarian Inn. It is a pretty nice little place which is a good thing since we are going to be here three nights. Tomorrow morning at "zero dark thirty" we need to be up and on the road into Custer State Park. So, we plan to be up by 0500 and get ready quickly. We expect there will be a long, long line of traffic going into the park for the buffalo roundup. I asked the lady at the front desk what time we should be up and gone and she told us that if we want to be down by the corrals, we'll need to be leaving by 0400. However, to be up on the hills where we can see everything that is going on we need to be on the road by 0630 at the latest. So, we'll go to bed a little early tonight and hit it running in the morning. The actual roundup doesn't start until 0930. But they sell breakfast in they park at the roundup so I'll be glad to eat cowboy style in the morning. By the time you read this I'll be well immmersed in buffalo or maybe it will all be over . Wish you could be here with us.

We toured the Badlands National Park today. We've been there before but it never gets old. As we drove into the park there was a large herd of mountain goats eating right beside the road and even holding up traffic while they just rambled back and forth across the road. Ms. Kate and I have traveled all over the United States and I never cease to be amazed at the wonders of this country. It amazes me how different the landscape and topography is as we travel across from state to state. Yesterday we were seeing farmland and crops and flatland to rolling hills. Today we were seeing barren ragged terrain that is called The Badlands for a very good reason. God is quite the artist and His beautiful creations are unforgettable.

We are blessed to have beautiful weather too so far while we are here. I hope it holds up. Time to go to bed and get my beauty sleep. The buffalo won't wait for latecomers. Have a blessed day.. Peace.