Friday, August 20, 2010

Day Three

Day three was our "break" day in the middle of the trip. It was great to have a day with hardly any driving! It finally felt like we were really camping, and not just driving and sleeping in a tent at night. We had a leisurely morning and went to Mount Rushmore after breakfast cleanup. It was pretty cool.













































































































































































On the way out of the Rushmore parking lot, there was this mountain goat!














This is Horsethief Lake. It was at our camp; after going to Mount Rushmore, the kids wanted to go swimming. The swimming area was kind of milfoily (or whatever that stuff is that was growing in the water) and so they only waded. Until Noelle got pinched by something and then Ford found the culprit...a crawdad.




























This picture is deceptively dark because the flash went off.














We had been told that Mount Rushmore is really cool at night, so we went back after 9 to see it lit up. We were really glad we did, it was worth it!



































































































After leaving the park you go around the mountain and on the road back down, you can see George's profile. Pretty cool!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's so fun to see all the photos, Rebekah! Thanks for posting them! Was the weather pretty comfortable when you were at MT Rushmore?
-Mommy

Rebekah said...

Yes, it was really nice! We had actually pretty great weather the whole trip.

Hannah said...

Fun, fun, fun! That picture of you and Noelle is so pretty of both of you. :o)