After we visited the Black Hills in South Dakota we ventured to the Badlands. Wow! One amazing view after the other. Here are some of the things we saw along the way. I love wildlife.
OK, the ladies in South Dakota do not love the prairie dogs but I do! They are so darn cute. Come on…just look at the cute face!
There were lots and lots of prairie dogs. They would jump out of their holes and do this little whahoo noise and it just brings a smile to my face every single time I think of it.
Oh look, these two are kissing.
I took lots more photos of the prairie dogs but I won’t bore you with an entire blog of prairie dogs.
The Badlands are one of the most amazing places I have ever seen.
The landscape changes with each bend in the road.
As we were driving through the Badlands we came across a herd of buffalo in the wild. Absolutely amazing.
I’d say there were at least 50 buffalo in this herd and they appeared to be very healthy.
It was very dry in this area and we did not see many blooming plants. I saw just this one blooming plant during our hour long drive.
After spending several days seeing the area around Rapid City, I then went to The Storm Mountain Center http://dakcamps.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B51387DD1-CB11-4006-A45E-E75D83CA4473%7D for the guild retreat. You can see some great photos of this retreat location by clicking on their link.
This retreat was sponsored by the Black Hills Quilters Guild http://www.blackhillsquilters.org/. The guild from Hill City, just a short distance up the road from Rapid City, were also a sponsor for one of my workshops. I spent two days with the ladies from this area and loved being with them and the retreat. They had nice big classrooms and plenty of light.
On the last evening of the retreat, after my lecture, Charlotte, who was the co-chair of the retreat, brought her “Japanese Garden” quilt top that she is working on to share at show-n-tell. It is stunning. She told me she has the borders sewn and is now ready to connect them to the top. Thanks so much for sharing your top Charlotte. I can hardly wait to see it all finished.
Another very successful and exciting trip.
This coming week I am off to Maryland and Virginia. Talk to you soon…….