Before we headed to Lead, we stopped by the Visitor’s Center to learn a little more about Custer State Park. What a classic example of big stick architecture! Besides just learning a little about big stick architecture, we learned about the different rock formations and the different mammals that the park holds. Did you know that you could make rattles out of buffalo scrotums? The park supports 950 buffalo in wintertime. That’s a lot of rattles! After this great discovery we loaded into the vans to head to our destination of lead for the day.
We pulled into Lead around lunchtime. Lead is a quirky little old-fashioned mining town with a lot of friendly people. Lead’s main street shows how the town was once an industrial mining town and has slowly diminished. There are several storefronts closed, but there is hope in the aspect of a tourist attraction. As of right now they have a look out, two gift shops, and a tour trolley. Like many small towns there is always a great little sit down place to eat; if you haven’t eaten at the Stampmill, then you’ve never lived. They make a mean cup of cottage cheese and hamburger. 
After lunch, we were set free to work on our colored pencil drawings and vignettes. This was an interesting new concept, that helps show the emotional feel of the town in our drawings. We all looked like straight ballers laying down our sketchbooks right off Main Street, PRAIRIE STYLE.Our day began to wind down when we headed over to Keystone to grab some pizza, courtesy of Iowa State and our instructors. Nom nom nom. We made short work of the pizza, and a few of us even tried some buffalo meat on it. By short work we mean we sat down, devoured 10 pizza’s, and were on our way again in 30 minutes! Many of us were not quite full yet, but we were not complaining. Pizza was a great change from the usual camping foods of caned foods or pop tarts which some preferred.
“I love the way you do it right thurr.” –Chingy
By: Michael Buh and Sam Christensen
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