Where the Buffalo Roam

Today was truly unforgettable. My favorite day so far. Our destination Custer State Park. I had wanted to go there many years ago and never got the chance. Because we entered the park the wrong way we had to drive through the white knuckle needles highway to get to the visitors center and the wildlife loop. The needles highway was terrifying, six inches to the right and you were dead off a cliff.
Anyway, we finally hooked into the wildlife loop road which took you out through acres and acres of grazing plains. There are bison herds, wild horses, mountain goats, wildcats and prarie dogs roaming completely free. We stopped several times because the road was blocked with buffalo. At one stop there were a bunch of cars stopped for wild horses. In spite of the fact that there were several signs warning NOT to feed the animals, people were out feeding the horses pizza flavored Doritos. At first, being from ecocentric Portland I was mortified but after a few minutes I was having the most incredible experience with wild horses. While we had no Doritos, there were two other families from Montana sharing freely. These were horse people. They knew that wild horses love pizza flavored Doritos with a certain sincerity. Afterward we took their cue and did NOT get out of the car when the Bison walked across the road and through the cars.