On Wednesday, we spent most of the day around the campgrounds and then went to Mt. Rushmore late in the day.
The day started out very warm. I took the kids to bounce pad and mini-golf, while Teri went to do laundry.
Here's the kids on the bounce pad. What you don't see is Chaz's bloody nose from slamming his face into the bounce pad at warp 7.
The weather turned a little sour late in the afternoon, but it didn't damper our spirits. I took the kids on what turned out to be a 3 mile hike through the hills, while Teri and Chaz took naps.When we got back we went over to Mt. Rushmore. It was spectacular and the history of the making of it was fascinating for all of us. We even looked through telescopes and saw mountain goats on the mountain. Cool.
That night, the sky cleared, we made a big fire, roasted marshmallows and made smores. It was fantastic.
On Thursday, the weather turned a little dreary, cold and windy with light rain. That didn't stop our horseback riders from their venture up Willow Creek.
Here they are:
They were cold and wet upon their return but they loved it nonetheless.Then went to Bear Country USA. The animals, suprisingly were very active considering the weather. The bears and wolves were extremely busy.
We then went over to Sitting Bull Caverns, which involves going down 103 feet by steps, very steep steps! Chaz walked the whole way down and here we are at the very end of the caverns. We were a walking billboard for Dubuque Montessori!
Then we took a long ride up Iron Mountain road and accidentally ended up in part of Custer State Park, which we are going to tour more on Saturday. Met a local burro and a buffalo and returned back later. We cooked out chicken, hamburger, corn on the cob and went to a movie that night.
Tomorrow the weather is supposed to improve and we are going on a train ride and to Deadwood.
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