Bear Country

Our second day in Rapid City we skipped our hotel breakfast and went to Black Hills Bagels, so glad we did.  It was awesome! And then we went to Bear Country where there was much more than just bears but the bears were wandering throughout much of the park, we could have walked right up to them but of course didn't! 

     This beautiful Elk was absolutely huge! They also roamed free and he went right behind our van.

Okay, who does he look like??  There's an actor, not John Ratzenberger but someone similar.  He played a cop in something....Either way, he's trying to tell me something and I'm not sure it's friendly but the more I look at him, the more I like him!  I think he's a yellow bellied marmot.

                   The bear cubs were so much fun, we could have watched them all day long.

                                              I'm loving our shadows in this one.