Our Return To South Dakota

We had a wonderful time during our overnight return to our old stomping grounds. The four youngest and I cruised around Rapid City on our way to Wyoming. We enjoyed the Mongolian Grill, which was quite a treat for the kids, they have never been to such an exciting restaurant.

We stayed in an expensive, but nice hotel and had a wonderful time in the pool. It was nice to have room to splash and stretch and all that goes along with swimming.
The next morning we took the short but beautiful ride up to Mt. Rushmore. It was wonderful to see and smell the pine trees, go down memory lane and share the fun time we had at all of the tourist traps while we lived there-- Reptile Gardens was a favorite. Here are some photos of our trip to Rushmore...

One of the states we have lived in... we have a shot of each one.

Sparkly dirt the kids wanted to take home... I didn't think it would be a good idea to steal from a national monument, nor did I want to drive all across the country with two little hand fulls of dirt. So, we have a picture for memory sake.

A quick pose on the trail coming down from the mountain.

One of many flights of stairs Kyle ran up and down over and over and over again, while the rest of us plodded along. Well, I am a triathelete, so I ran up a few as well, just not repeatedly like Kyle, the superhuman.