which quickly turned into this...scary seeing a F250 truck spun out at the side of the road:
And thankfully turned into this:
Before we arrived at our campsite:
We took a wrong turn heading to Mount Rushmore and ended up in Custer State Park. The boys always love to see Bison and Prong Horn Antelope.
Seeing these Hawaiian born boys in their hats is super cute!
Pronghorn antelope
this guy was RIGHT at the side of the road less than 25 yards from us. We got to see him cross the road.Mount Rushmore has also been on my bucket list for years. It was pretty amazing and even more awe inspiring to realize how difficult and how long it took the workers to create this. The boys loved the exhibit at the Museum where they could "blow up" different areas of the monument on the screen.
Click this link to learn more from the National Park Service about the history of Mount Rushmore: history and the men who created this amazing feat Gutzon Borglum and historic photos photos
Because it was raining, we decided to hit the caves instead of braving the weather outside. Wind Cave National Park was the first real cave the boys have been in. Not as dramatic as Carlsbad Caverns but still pretty impressive. They weren't 100% thrilled when the Ranger turned the lights out for 5 minutes and we were in complete darkness. Click here to learn more about the formations at Wind Cave: Wind Cave and here to learn more about the interesting history of the park: history
Jewel Cave National Monument wasn't as exciting for the boys as Wind Cave. Our tour options were: 15 steps down to a large "room" to learn about the formations for 20 minutes -OR- 783 steps up and down for 1.5 hours and children were not allowed to be picked up. We chose the shorter option. The boys were bored but the "jewel" formations were interesting. Click here to learn about the history of Jewel Cave: History and here to see more pictures of the cave: cave formations
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