Two words for Wall Drug: don't bother. It's all about separating you from your money, and parking is a PITA. Even with a bike.
The same's true for Deadwood.
Something nobody's mentioned: let the wild animals stay wild. Resist the temptation to feed or pet anything, small or big.
Animals who get dependent or, worse, start to demand to be fed will, sooner or later, be relocated by Fish & Game. If a couple of tries doesn't work (too common), the pesky animals are ...um... "put down". Feeding Sammy Squirrel is shooting Sammy Squirrel.
Never, ever get between the cute little kids (bears, bison, goats, whatever) and mom. She takes messing with the kids personally. Mom may not always be visible, but she's around. Bet on it.
Bison get up grumpy, and get nastier during the day. They can move faster than you can run. Stay away from them! Our first morning in Custer State park, a herd of ~50 bison ran past the campground. The wise campers laughed at the dumb one who thought the wire fence at the edge of campground would stop a bison. At any speed.
Finally, we call them "bison jams". Expect to come around a bend, or over a rise, and find a bunch of cars parked more or less along the side of the road, and people wandering around, staring anywhere but where you're coming from. They've stopped to look at the bison, prairie dogs, whatever, and have totally lost their reason. Sometimes people jam on the brakes because they thought they saw something. Let someone else give these idiots their Darwin Award.
The same's true for Deadwood.
Something nobody's mentioned: let the wild animals stay wild. Resist the temptation to feed or pet anything, small or big.
Animals who get dependent or, worse, start to demand to be fed will, sooner or later, be relocated by Fish & Game. If a couple of tries doesn't work (too common), the pesky animals are ...um... "put down". Feeding Sammy Squirrel is shooting Sammy Squirrel.
Never, ever get between the cute little kids (bears, bison, goats, whatever) and mom. She takes messing with the kids personally. Mom may not always be visible, but she's around. Bet on it.
Bison get up grumpy, and get nastier during the day. They can move faster than you can run. Stay away from them! Our first morning in Custer State park, a herd of ~50 bison ran past the campground. The wise campers laughed at the dumb one who thought the wire fence at the edge of campground would stop a bison. At any speed.
Finally, we call them "bison jams". Expect to come around a bend, or over a rise, and find a bunch of cars parked more or less along the side of the road, and people wandering around, staring anywhere but where you're coming from. They've stopped to look at the bison, prairie dogs, whatever, and have totally lost their reason. Sometimes people jam on the brakes because they thought they saw something. Let someone else give these idiots their Darwin Award.
