Saturday, November 12, 2011

Day 3 Pics - Prairie Dog Farm

Our next stop on Day 3 was Badlands National Park.  Right as we passed through the entrance, we saw a sign for a Prairie Dog farm.  We of course had to check it out.  As I was pulling into a little parking lot right next to a farm house, I was looking off in the distance for where the prairie dog farm was.  All of a sudden, I heard a big THUMP! and saw a prairie dog right in front of the van.  Apparently I was driving IN the prairie dog farm!!!  The prairie dogs had extended their farm into the parking lot.  Thankfully I had just run over one of their holes and we had no actual casualties! 


There was a little trash can full of bags of peanuts and a box marked $.50.  We spent an hour feeding prairie dogs.  The kids were in heaven!!!

These guys were QUITE friendly!  They would actually climb up our legs begging for more!  It was such a random little place right next to someone's home...

No home with adjoining prairie dog farm is complete without a giant prairie dog in the front yard!

I LOVED the looks on her face when a prairie dog would pop his head up!

It was hard for them to leave.  Live prairie dogs have now been added to the Christmas lists!

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