Friday, June 02, 2006

5-30-06 Caves..Museums..Caves


Off we go to Sitting Bull Crystal Cave! This cave was a 200' vertical drop with no elevator.










Ralph heads for the wide opening but this is not the tour entrance.....too easy.


Ok...This is the hell hole they want us to enter. Coral opted to stay in the gift shop for this cave.











Looking down into the abyss....Turn back!





At least we have stairs. This is the original entrance! There is no way I could squeeze my butt thru this hole!






Ok, Ralph and I made it out of the pit. We had to lag behind several times to catch out breaths. Coral was the smart one on this cave. My legs like rubber we plod on to the Journey Museum.














This is "Stan" not "Sue". Sue is in the Chicago Museum of Natural History and is the most complete T-Rex ever found. "Stan" is the second.
Lakota beading. The beads were made from seeds and porcupine quills.












Coral wanted to adopt these kids. They are the Bison twins and I felt hairy kids with hump backs might not be a good fit for our family.












Then Coral latches on to a baby Mammoth! I'm not cleaning up after this one.











This Triceratops was found in the Black Hills.
While we were in the museum a bad storm was moving in. This storm dropped 3 feet of hail in some areas of Rapid City. They had to bring out the snow plows to to clear the roads. Coral sees an eagle flying left to right in the clouds. Scarey stuff.
Ralph checking the plumbing again!













Ralph says "I'm tired of you taking pictures of me checking plumbing....come on...you want a piece of me?"

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