Bears, Buffalos, and Birthdays

It was the morning of my birthday. I put on my prettiest little dress and met the family for "All You Can Eat Pancakes" everyone was pretty excited for it, I unfortunately missed it the day before but they all seemed very happy with the homemade breakfast. I took one bite of the fluffy disc of cooked batter and.... i hated it. Total disappointment. But i kept my feelings to myself and just gave the extra to Dad and Joe. I would not let those pancakes ruin my day.

Then it was off to Bear Country U.S.A where we saw familiar looking families from Reptile Gardens, they must be readin' this blog! They follow us everywhere! Anyway we drove in our rental, the 3 of us packed in back as we looked for animals "in their natural habitat" Finally we saw what we came for, and it was even MUCH better than I imagined. There were bears everywhere, bears of all different shapes, sizes and colors, living as one! Then we went off to "babyland" where I rushed right to the cubs. Right away i was reminded of both our beloved Sophie and my old Tiny Tot campers (2-3 year olds).
Being sketched out of their little cafe we drove right for Mt. Rushmore, to "eat at the place Cary Grant was shot" said Norman. Mt. Rushmore was a lot bigger... and cleaner than I thought it would be! All this surprisement made the birthday even more joyful. And it was going to go up from there.

Along came THOUSANDS of buffalo, Cowboy Cafe (im so cool, they closed the whole place for me), a decorated RV, and the BEST, most random presents I could ever ask for! 19 isnt an exciting age (nothing REALLY changes), but i know its going to be a great year! Goodbye South Dakota hello Muncie :D