Monday, September 9, 2013

Black Hills-Hermosa Day 5: Iron Mountain Road & Hill City

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Three Pronghorn viewed from the Iron Mountain Road.

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The first of three tunnels on the Iron Mountain Road

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A truck camper in one of the Iron Mountain Road tunnels.

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This is one of several “Pig-Tail Bridges” on the Iron Mountain Road.

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While in search of elusive Mountain Goats, we stopped at this profile overlook.

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We had a terrific lunch at the Alpine Inn Restaurant in Hill City.

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Welded iron sculptures in Hill City.

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These two deer are locking horns.  They seemed to be young and this looked more like play than an actual fight. I will try to replace this photo with video I took of them later.

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