Mt Rushmore

We saw a pretty lake on the drive up to Mt Rushmore and stopped to check it out. Jonathan always being adventurous, jumped out onto a rock in the lake.

Jonathan posed me here. He was looking for pensive.

I nailed it!

Standing next to Oregon!

While waiting for the sun to set, we walked on the trail around the area. I was cool to see Mt Rushmore from all different angles. The walk had about 250 stairs on it. 

The night lighting started with a informative speech from a park Ranger, then we watched a 20min video, followed by the National anthem, and the lighting of the monument.

Then they asked anybody who had served or is currently serving in the military to go on stage and state their names.

It was really cool to see.

Custer, South Dakota

We stopped in Custer, South Dakota for a bite to eat on our way to Mt. Rushmore. It was a charming little place full of artistic Bison statues.

A neat old building in the park we hung out in. 

A rock pillar, in the same park.

Jonathan, grabbing the bison by the horns. :)

Old court house

View of the main drag

Devils Tower

A geologic feature protrudes out of the rolling prairie that surrounds the Black Hills. The site is considered Sacred to the Lakota and other tribes that have a connection to the area. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America.

Devils tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24th, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Look closely and see a climber. There were about 6 people climbing the day we visited.

We did the 11/2 hike around the base and saw the tower from all different angles. It was perfect weather.

Down the mountainside from Devils Tower

The Prairie Dog fields. I could have watched them all day.

Battle of Little Big Horn

This area memorializes the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry and the Sioux and Cheyenne in one of the Indians last armed efforts to preserve their way of life. Here on June 25 and 26 of 1876, 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, died fighting several thousand Lakota, and Cheyenne warriors.

The gravestone for Lt. Col. George A. Custer is the one with the black writing on it.

Sioux Indian Memorial

Glacier National Park 2

On the drive to Glacier National Park we stopped at this roadside watering hole. There were no other signs except this one warning us. We filled up a liter of water to try it out. We saw another guy filling up a 5 gallon container, so we thought we would take our chances. The water was very cold and clean tasting! I thought it was very good, and we are still alive!!

More indescribable pictures of Glacier National Park

Look closely, there is a Bear!

And a crow in this one.

Glacier National Park

I don't have much to say except WOW!!

Here are the pictures