South Dakota

After eleven hours in the truck yesterday (the kids were great!), we spent today doing the tourist thing in South Dakota. We went to Mount Rushmore. To think of the amount of work that went into that monument is overwhelming. The creativity of the artist and the 400 people who toiled for 14 years to complete this masterpiece was definitely felt when I looked at Mount Rushmore up close and personal.

After looking into some other tourist attractions, we settled on Bear Country. Boy were we glad we did. It is a drive-through animal experience. We got to see elk, reindeer, bison, mountain lions, mountain goats, long-horned sheep, and of course bears. There was a grizzly who kept walking back and forth across the road, forcing cars to stop and wait until he was ready for them to go. What power he had over us humans! We then came back to camp to rest, do laundry, shoot some hoops with other campers, swim and prepare for another long roadtrip tomorrow.