We headed to South Dakota - when else are you going to be that close to South Dakota??!!? By the way, the Black Hills of South Dakota are just BEAUTIFUL!!! We got there in time to go to Mt. Rushmore to see the night lighting, and it was so worth it! When we first arrived, you couldn't even see the mountain! We just assumed where it was because of the entrance to the park. Then, the cloud moved and we got this beautiful picture.
I love the row of flags with the mountain behind it! The kids loved reading the different states and when they joined the union.
That night, they had a special guest at the lighting - the last known living worker on Mt. Rushmore! It was his 90th birthday!!! Really cool - and fun guy!
Night lighting of the monument. While we were waiting for the lighting, we saw some good friends of ours from Mesa (Adams and Syreks) walk down to find a seat - we had a blast talking to them afterwards! They were doing to same trip, just behind us!
Once again, through the flags.
Here we are the next morning at the park - Literally seconds after this picture was taken, it started to rain.......and rain, and rain, and rain!!!!! So, we went souvenier shopping at the museum and ran with ponchos on our heads to the other store.
It finally stopped raining just long enough for us to do the hike under the monument - it was beautiful! We LOVED Mt. Rushmore!!!!!!!!!!
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