BEAR COUNTRY USA – RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
Eight miles south of Rapid City on Highway 16 is Bear Country USA. If you are RVing with the kids, you must take them on the ride through this amazing wildlife park. It’s a real treat for all ages, wildlife enthusiasts, and photography buffs. The bears were amazing, and there were plenty of them roaming around the entire park area. I stopped counting at 40 . . . but there were many more. We ventured there on a somewhat cloudy and drizzling day . . I think the animals preferred the weather – they were out in abundance. The Rocky Mountain Elk were spectacular – and huge. We were able to drive up fairly close to the Mountain Lions, Reindeer, Arctic Wolves and Big Horn Sheep. My favorites were the miniature donkeys.
There is a petting zoo and “BabyLand” area, but by the time we made it through the park the rain was getting heavier – so we skipped it. It’s a bit on the pricey side at $15 a person (adults), and the traffic was a little heavy for my tastes (bumper to bumper in some spots). There were so many animals out and about, I could understand why it was crowded . . . everyone wanted to see and photograph them.
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