reptiles and bears... oh my
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We stayed at a campground in Rapid City because of all the different kids attractions. Our campground turned out to be right next to the two I wanted to go to. In the morning we went to Reptile Gardens. We came here on our last trip and it was so impressive we wanted to go back.
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Plus... how can you not want to pet giant tortoises!?!
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A bonus attraction this time... you could feed the alligators!
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Our next attraction (and one we didn't get to do on our last trip) Bear Country USA. Its a drive through wildlife park. We saw lots of elk, bighorn sheep, buffalo, reindeer, wolves, pronghorn sheep.... and of course, bears.
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This guy was quite entertaining giving himself a back scratch.
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We watched these baby bears for a long time. They were running, jumping and climbing up the trees.
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