Over memorial day weekend, we decided to pack the car up with snacks, the dogs, and ourselves and head north! Once we got up to wyoming and got sick of farms, we then turned right into south dakota. It was from here that we managed to see mt. rushmore, wind cave national park, and badlands national park, with a brief stay at the infamous wall drug! Then we headed back south through a series of backroads (and not to mention a series of thunderstorms, as well). All in all it was a pretty good way to spend the weekend. Below are some great pics of our adventure. Enjoy.
Tired buffalo at wind cave national park
Tired buffalo at wind cave national park
Mary & Jen at the entrance to wind cave national park
In the cave, it wasn't as windy as the name led us to believe
Wall Drug!
Mary & Justin on a jackalope!
Justin's baby looks just like him
Mt. Rushmore, it's a lot bigger in person
This mountain goat found a good eating spot on top of the parking garage at mt. rushmore. More people were taking pictures of him, rather than the very large sculpture...hehe
Can you spot george washington?
Now I know why they are called the badlands
The rock layers were incredible
Mary is in this picture, can you see her?(top left corner, in gray & black)
That's jen, don't tell her mother
We got to see the layers up close!
Visitor's center
A lot of the formations look like castles
Driving home after a big thunderstorm!
3 comments:
those are great pictures of your road trip!! btw that's a JACKALOPE not a jack rabbit! hahahah
i knew it was something like that, I just couldn't remember! ha!
Chris said the same thing but we forgot to tell you!
I loooove your pics and want to know some nitty gritty details about your trip. We want to see the badlands on our way to CO next month. How long is the drive, where should we stay, what should we see, etc. You can email us.
Glad you had a fun time!
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