Wind Cave

To start our day we drove through Custer State park. The plains and rolling hills are lovely. Buffalo and Pronghorn Antelope roam free in the golden grasses. We thought it would be fun to go to Wind Cave, the 4th longest cave in the world with 132 miles of passage way. Caves are very different from one cave to the next. This cave has Box work,     Frost work, and Popcorn crystals. I have been in a few caves before, Crystal Cave and Luray Caverns, and each cave is very different. This cave did not have the stalagmites and stalactites that you learned about in school. This cave has delicate Box Work and was named this because it reminded the early explorers of the post office mail boxes. This is one of the most elaborate caves in the world and this is the only natural outside opening to this cave.  A cowboy had could barely fit in the hole.                                                                            

After dinner we drove up the Crazy Horse Monument. This monument is a work in progress and, at the rate that the work is being done, it will not be completed in my lifetime. I am sure it will be magnificent when it is completed.