As a parent of American children, there are certain places we are just "supposed" to take our children, right? Disneyland, Yellowstone, and Mount Rushmore. While Yellowstone will have to wait, we were able to cross Mount Rushmore off the list this summer.
And if we are going to be going on a road trip anyway, why not bring Vern and her family along for the ride? Vern and I drove up in one car with Samantha and the Caboose while the rest of the boys were in the other car. So great! The boys got along wonderfully, and Samantha was amazing with the Caboose.
While at Mt. Rushmore, we were able to catch the evening program, which included a video highlighting the presidents as well as a tribute to all the veterans in the audience. It was touching to hear the crowd cheer and applaud the veterans with Mount Rushmore in the backdrop.
Of course Mount Rushmore was all of about two hours of our trip. Diamond found Fort Hayes, a town constructed by the makers of
Dancing with Wolves. It was interesting to walk around and see were the movie had been filmed.
Looks like Drew had had enough of Big Boy #1 by that time.
And it didn't take too long for the kids to wind up here:
Instead of
Dances with Wolves, felt like we should be in the musical
Oklahoma sitting in this "surrey with a fringe on the top."
I'm not sure what a bunch of historic cars were doing on the set of a Civil War era town, but the boys thought they were very cool.
Bear Country was another highlight of our trip. Here the animals roam free while the people drive around safely caged in their cars. The bears ambled amazingly close to the car thrilling everyone inside.
Vern and the elk:
We also stopped at Jewel Caves to explore the world's largest cave. The Caboose was too little to go on the "Lantern Tour" so the two of us opted for a slightly shorter version.
One of the highlights for the boys was touring "Cosmos", a little place in the Black Hills that optimises optical illusions to create water flowing uphill and strange angles that make you a little dizzy.
It was hard to even walk across the room!
We only spent a few days, but it was a great little getaway before returning to school. Thanks Vern for coming with us!
And if we are going to be going on a road trip anyway, why not bring Vern and her family along for the ride? Vern and I drove up in one car with Samantha and the Caboose while the rest of the boys were in the other car. So great! The boys got along wonderfully, and Samantha was amazing with the Caboose.
While at Mt. Rushmore, we were able to catch the evening program, which included a video highlighting the presidents as well as a tribute to all the veterans in the audience. It was touching to hear the crowd cheer and applaud the veterans with Mount Rushmore in the backdrop.
Of course Mount Rushmore was all of about two hours of our trip. Diamond found Fort Hayes, a town constructed by the makers of Dancing with Wolves. It was interesting to walk around and see were the movie had been filmed.
Looks like Drew had had enough of Big Boy #1 by that time.
And it didn't take too long for the kids to wind up here:
Instead of Dances with Wolves, felt like we should be in the musical Oklahoma sitting in this "surrey with a fringe on the top."
I'm not sure what a bunch of historic cars were doing on the set of a Civil War era town, but the boys thought they were very cool.
Bear Country was another highlight of our trip. Here the animals roam free while the people drive around safely caged in their cars. The bears ambled amazingly close to the car thrilling everyone inside.
Vern and the elk:
We also stopped at Jewel Caves to explore the world's largest cave. The Caboose was too little to go on the "Lantern Tour" so the two of us opted for a slightly shorter version.
One of the highlights for the boys was touring "Cosmos", a little place in the Black Hills that optimises optical illusions to create water flowing uphill and strange angles that make you a little dizzy.
It was hard to even walk across the room!
We only spent a few days, but it was a great little getaway before returning to school. Thanks Vern for coming with us!
3 comments:
I have always wanted to go to Mt Rushmore! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
Wow, either I'm way behind or you just caught up. Looks like a great summer!
At least SOMEONE is blogging about my summer!
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