Everyone woke up early on Wednesday, having all gotten a great night's sleep in the tent. I was grateful for that! We did a pretty easy breakfast- cold cereal, hot oatmeal, and hot chocolate. I love seeing the kids' bed heads and faces at breakfast. I love that you can be so kicked back when you're camping. I didn't wear make-up or really do anything with my hair all week. It's great.
We did get everyone cleaned up and looking nice for our day of sight-seeing though.
We added bighorn sheep to our list of animals seen during the trip. There was a group of 8 that just casually crossed the road right in front of us.
Our first stop for the day was to the Crazy Horse monument. You can see it pretty well from the road, but we wanted to go through the museum and see some of the other things as well. Once we watched the movies on the people & family actually working on the monument, we were glad we supported them.
The next stop was to Mount Rushmore. We stopped by quickly about 5 years ago during a cross country drive to Philadelphia, but we hadn't actually been inside the memorial. It was a great place to visit and the kids enjoyed it as well. Later on that evening, Matthew was asked by someone who the presidents were on the monument. He replied, "George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Teddy Ring-The-Bell." We all got a pretty good laugh out of that one!
From Mount Rushmore, we headed to Custer where they have a cute little place to eat and sight-see. We stopped for lunch at a fun little place overlooking the street where we also managed to watch some old western reenactments. After lunch we walked the streets looking at all the different stores and sights. We let the kids choose one little toy from a store, and also a piece of taffy from the taffy shop. They loved watching the taffy being made!
Our last stop for the evening was to Sylvan Lake. We had fun playing on the shore and admiring the beautiful scenery. It really is a gorgeous place.
We took the scenic Needles Highway on the way home. You don't often hear about the beautiful scenery in South Dakota, but it was absolutely breathtaking!
When we got back to our campsite, Jeff and the older boys headed out to do some fishing. Matthew and Emily stuck around to help me with dinner. We did shish-kabobs that turned out delicious. It was fun having the younger kids with me. They are such cute little friends. I loved it when I caught them just sitting together in their little chairs by the fire. They have a lot of fun together.
When Jeff and the older boys got back, we had dinner complete with s'mores for dessert again and called it a night. Everyone definitely slept well after the busy day!
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