million dollar cowboy bar, snowboarding

last night i went to see some of the bars around, i heard they put alot of money into them.  then today i went snowboarding all day at snow king.

 at this bar they say there is a million dollars in the bar top

 all the seats around the bar are old saddles

 one display they have

 all the wood in the building looks like this

 looking up at the big chair lift

view from the top

badlands, hot spring, disappearing river, drive to jackson, elk reserve

from the last post i went back to the badlands, i was going to hike around but its just way to cold for that. i like it was 15 degrees and very windy. then i went into rapid city for a night on the town. first i made couscous in a parking lot. i met a group of people from deadwood and hung out with them for awhile. then i met two guys from the area that were travelers themselves. i ended up being able to stay on one of the guys couch. he lives in a mansion over looking the whole city. the next day i drove to thermopolis wy. i went to the hot spring for about 2 hours. i stayed in a gas station parking lot. today i drove to jackson wy. on the way i stoped at the disappearing river. i did a little fishing there and caught 2 trout, at the reappearing side of the river. i went over to the disappearing side and got some really cool pictures of the ice flowing over the river. a also went off the beaten path and found a mans wallet and a woman's purse. they are thawing in my car right now. i hope to be able to call the owners and let them know what happen to there lost goods. the drive to jackson was pretty rough. just about a white out then whole way. when i finally arrived here i went on a tour of the elk reserve. its 27000 acres, with 3000 elk, 600 buffalo, a few moose, and several types of birds. i only saw the elk. im going to be staying here a few days, there is alot to do here. im snowboarding for a day, snowmobiling for a day, fishing for a day, and snowshoeing around a lake. its a fun town too, so i plan on staying the weekend here.

 prairie dog in badlands. there are tons of them

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 in the badlands

 making dinner

 hot spring

 you could see trout right through the ice. there were many 30 inches +

 the first one, about 16 inches

 number 2 about 12

 this is where i was fishing

 this is where the river disapears 

 this is out of order buts its the elk reserve

 a frozen log

 i saw like 10 of these. there everywhere