Crazy weather day

The day started off with beautiful sunshine. By late morning, we were getting snow flurries while the sun is shining. When we drove into Custer to go to the Visitors Center (very nice by the way), it was snowing to beat the band although nothing was sticking. We bought our Mickelson Trail pass ($15 each) so that we can take advantage of the 108 mile rails-to-trails trail.

After lunch, we drove the Custer State Park Wildlife Loop. We saw the usual bison, pronghorn, and white-tail deer. One thing we saw for the first time on the wildlife loop were the wild burros (we've seem them on Iron Mountain Road). They weren't being shy about begging for handouts either. Here is a cute shot of one of the babies.
One sight that always brings a smile and laugh are the antics of the bison calves. We also were treated to seeing a group of four bulls getting frisky and bucking around near the road. We sort of held our breathe hoping they wouldn't get any closer to the truck! John said "We have a deer strainer not a bison strainer!" I had to laugh at that.

We've read that pronghorn can run as fast at 35 mph and we were witness to seeing two of them running all out up a hill and across the ridge of a hill. It was quite a sight.

After we got home, we continued to have snow flurries on and off all afternoon. Very strange when the temperature is in the 40's and the sun is shining. There were white-out conditions near Spearfish and Sturgis today. Talk about crazy weather! Tonight's low is suppose to be 25 degrees - thank goodness our furnace is working again. John was especially glad he wasn't working today as it was so cold and windy.