When we were in Custer State Park which is surrounded by National Forest, we stopped on the National Black Hills Forest Supervisors office which had a small store and of course cancel stamps :-).

At the store, we purchased a miniature (I mean really tiny) lego kit of Smokey Bear. With the plan that John and I would put it together on one of those not so nice days.

Today was a very hot (96 F), extremely humid day with a strong thunderstorm in the early evening hours. So, it seemed like a perfect day to put together Smokey Bear.

We started around 4 pm and ended around 7 pm. The project had 637 pieces that needed to be put together, 40 instruction steps and the instructions were not perfect. John had to correct a few things with incorrect instructions.

The building block kit is a knock off brand that is manufactured in China. John said the instructions are not as good as what you would find in a Lego Kit. Either way it was fun to put together. Most likely, we will continue to buy kits of animals found in the National Parks.