点评:We started off our day at Custer State Park. We began by going into the visitor center, which is an absolute MUST DO. Why? Because when you walk in there is a large scale model of the park and they mark it to show the last reported sighting of bison. The volunteers then showed us how to find that area, and they also showed us another visitor center along the way where they recommended we stop to get further updated information. The bison were located at the southern end of the park, so the beginning of our drive was just through beautiful landscape, without much wildlife at that point.
We stopped as instructed at the next visitor center, and got an updated status of the bison, as well as directions on how to find them, as you needed to go off on one of the side roads. We headed off, and then as we rounded the bend on the road there they were! Hundreds of bison as far as you could see. It was absolutely amazing. You can easily pull to the side of the road and stop, and you can roll down your windows and just observe - it was incredible.
Several times we were stopped along the way as they crossed the road in front of us. It was absolutely one of the highlights of our trip to South Dakota. After we finished driving through the herd, we continued our journey and ended up at the Blue Bell Lodge for lunch, which we highly recommend.
From there, we drove the Needles Highway, a big portion of which in our case was done in the rain. But despite the rain, there was still lots to see, even though a lot of it for us was from inside the car, where we periodically rolled down the windows to take pictures. I would say our day at Custer State Park was absolutely the best experience we had during the entire stay in South Dakota, so I would highly, highly recommend it!
翻译:我们今天的行程从卡斯特州立公园开始。首先我们去了游客中心,这绝对是必去之地。为什么呢?因为一进门就能看到一个大型的公园模型,上面标出了最后一次发现野牛的地点。志愿者们告诉我们如何找到那个区域,还告诉我们沿途还有另一个游客中心,建议我们在那里停留以获取最新的信息。野牛位于公园的南端,所以我们一开始的行程主要是在美丽的风景中穿行,当时并没有看到太多野生动物。
我们按照指示在下一个游客中心停了下来,了解了野牛的最新情况,以及如何找到它们——因为需要拐进一条岔路。我们出发了,然后当我们转过一个弯时,它们就出现了!成百上千头野牛,一眼望不到边。真是太壮观了!你可以很轻松地把车停在路边,摇下车窗,静静地欣赏——这真是令人难以置信。
途中,我们几次被迫停车,因为它们会横穿马路。这绝对是我们南达科他州之旅的一大亮点。驱车穿过牛群后,我们继续旅程,最终抵达蓝铃旅馆享用午餐,强烈推荐这家旅馆。
之后,我们沿着针尖公路行驶,其中很大一段路程是在雨中完成的。尽管下着雨,沿途依然有很多风景可看,虽然大部分时间我们都只能待在车里,时不时地摇下车窗拍照。可以说,我们在卡斯特州立公园的那一天绝对是我们整个南达科他州之旅中最棒的体验,所以我强烈推荐大家去那里!