Breakfast South Dakota-style: Pancakes, Sausage and a Buffalo Herd

Our visit to Custer State Park continues to be memorable. Today the 55th Annual Buffalo Roundup was held, and we watched as cowboys herded over 1,300 buffalo to the stockades for annual checkups, shots, and for some, an auction designed to ‘thin the herd.’

 It was quite a spectacle with a large crowd, including many who passed the time dining on pancakes and sausages while waiting.  About 10:30 local time the buffalo were herded over a hill into full view of the delighted crowd. The animals continued their trek down into a pasture, where they grazed momentarily before being prompted to head towards the stockade.

 Seeing a herd of that size moving as one was certainly visually spectacular, inspiring mental images of what life must have been like here when this was a natural occurrence. We were very fortunate to be here to witness it.