Cow Capital

The sign says that Yankton is the Cow Capital of South Dakota. I guess that's a pretty nice accomplishment. I'm more interested in the statues in my pictures though. Maybe I should think more about the Cow Capital. I don't know.

I pulled over because I liked the statues. There's two of them in the same lot. Each one is very different than the other, but they're both cows. So what's so good about a couple of cow statues? Well, I like them. It's not every day that you get to see cow statues, unless you live in the Cow Capital.

You know what I like about this first statue? The head bobs up and down when the wind blows! Isn't that something? I was going to say "isn't that cool", but I'm not sure many people would think it's exactly cool. But I do. Why not?

That head bobbing thing was an unexpected bonus. I liked the statue all by itself, but then I just happened to see the head moving. Maybe I should have gotten some video. This cow is exactly the kind of thing I've been out looking for.

I actually saw this cow first. And I actually planned on coming back to get pictures of it. Why? Because it's a statue of a cow! How could I pass that up? Not only is it a statue of a cow, but it's also painted red, white, and blue.I'm not sure you can get any better than that.

Well, I actually am sure. Because this cow's head doesn't bob up and down. That definitely gives the edge to the first cow. It's actually not a contest. But if it was a contest, then the first cow would win. Still, I did stop because of this cow.

The only real problem here was that these bushes got in the way of giving me a good shot of this second cow. At least I got these two. Getting a picture of the sign would have been nice. But you take what you can get. I was just glad to be able to get something that's a little bit different, a little bit odd.

I've been trying to bring something a little different each time. Nature is still my favorite subject, but it's great to be able to branch out. You already know the story. Maybe I'll get back to nature a little for my next post. Now it will be a little change. Change can be very good. I'll talk to you later.