Wildlife

Here are the animals we encountered in the Badlands. I'm not sure what they all are but most were nothing I'd seen before in MN. Amazing that we were only a few hundred miles away but in a totally different ecosystem!

Having a snack next to the road. Tasty! A biker told us this is some kind of sheep but we weren't sure what.

A great vantage point to watch your heard and keep an eye out for approaching predators. 

A nice walk at dusk.  I think this is a deer, or something like it.

The males taking a break.

Why not stop for a snack while standing on a steep cliff? The baby must be hungry to nurse there of all places. 

Cute as can be, right? Apparently prairie dogs in the Badlands have the plague!

On our drive past a cattle ranch we saw a bull that had escaped the fenced in area. Not an animal you'd want to loose. We didn't know who to report it to - hopefully a local drove by and let the farmer know.

The bull in the foreground was outside the property, next to the road. It's amazing it got out and clearly didn't know how to get back in. 

Buffalo in the Black Hills. We came across a heard as they were crossing the road. This is the one time on the trip I was very happy to be in a car and not on a motorcycle. Apparently buffalo can run up to 30 mph and obviously are strong enough to knock over a bike. Yikes!