Once we made it to Rapid City we were a lot closer to a bunch of other fun stuff in the Black Hills and surrounding area.
Another "must see" I've been dying to go to was Mt. Rushmore:
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| Thank you Mr. Jefferson for inventing ice cream!! |
The boys favorite part of the visitor's center was the explosion simulator! (of course haha). We thought it would've been way better if they made the floor vibrate when you push down the hammer :)
And they just had to earn another Jr. Ranger badge! We love the national park/ monument/ history system.
Look! They've added a 5th head!
And another 5th head!
Everything is awesome!!
Then we stopped for lunch at Lake Sylvan. Such a pretty lake! Too bad it was chilly and windy. And the lake was still frozen. And the roads were closed. Good thing we could stop at the front and eat. The boys then went on a lovely hike around part of the lake.
And to finish the day off we set off for Devil's Tower in Wyoming. My favoritest state ever. Because it always has the best weather. And low and behold, the weather was cold. And it started to snow. And the clouds were so low that we couldn't even see the tower from the lookout points until we actually got to the tower. It is a really neat looking tower though, with hexagon/pentagon columns going up. Again the boys took a nice hike around it and we headed back to the hotel for the night.
