1880 town and Wall Drug

We stopped at the 1880 town because we knew it was a self guided tour and you do it at your own pace! That way Zane got to take the lead and walk around and run. He did not know what to look at first, he had not seen alot of the stuff they have. They take old building and restore them to the original condition, they have a complete town. It will be intresting to take the kids back when they have had an American history class so they can see what they have learned. I enjoy it for the history and they are always adding decor and buildings.

This was in the fire house. Yes he was this serious the whole time.

Tyson just hung out with dad, looking around sucking on his two middle fingers.

Checking out farm equipment with dad.

Not sure why he is puffing out his chest. the building behind with hotel on the side has a saloon in it with a stage and bar. You can also rent costumes while you are touring it. A few young ladies had outfits on, it looked out of place but yet it did not.

Saw the big cow! They have Texas long horns and a camel around the property, I beleive they have the grand champion long horn.

This is part of the wall drug photos, my camera died so I got very few pictures of Zane. He really liked the buffalo they have on display so I found him a little buffalo to play with. He chewed on the horns, while talking to Tysons monkey.

When we got to Wall Drug it was raining and raining, so we had to find a bench inside for me to feed Tyson. Scott and Zane walked around while I sat in the main shopping area while Tyson had his bottle. It was fun to watch Zane people watch.

Reptile Gardens

The first night we stayed in Rapid City and took the boys to Reptile Gardens. Scott and I had been before and thought that Zane would like the animals! He did for the most part. They have alot of animals from birds to gators! He liked the bird show, gators, turtles and running around in the grass areas!






My favorite flower, orchid. We had one just like this for our honeymoon.

I see fish and turtles.

This flower above smelled like chocolate, I almost picked it and took it home!!

You could pet this snake, Zane looked like he wanted to touch it and when she bent down to let him is pulled away. He still would not touch it after Scott "petted" it. Me, I did not touch it.

They thought the big turtles were neat. Zane just sat down and started to pet them. He knocked on the shell as well, and made a funny face when he touched the skin.

This is a pararie dog town, you can go under it and come up in this little bubble! He was talking to Scott and pointing them all out. He thought they were great. When I told my parents this they laughed because they have a large amount of gophers they are trying to get ride of.

Road Trip!!!

These are random photos of the kiddos during the trip, Zane would read a book drop it on the floor, and ask for another! It made it nice until we opened up the back doors and the toys and books all fell out!! I took lots of things for him to keep him happy and it worked!!

I felt bad, I did take pictures of Tyson, but not as many with Zane running around and doing things!! So I reached around and took a few shots of him while we were driving!! He did really well in his seat. He would talk and coo a lot and of course we had a couple of break downs, but they were minor!

He looked so darn cute sleeping!!

All ready to go with his monkey pillow!!