Actually all of the Black Hills was amazing and beautiful. Very green and scenic. This morning we woke up, ate breakfast, packed up, and then went on a tour of part of Wind Cave. The place is insane. Incredibly unique structures and interesting history. Just sucked we could only see 2/3 levels (the bottom level has pools). Overall, however, this a very amazing place and one that I was not originally planning on seeing, and glad I did. After, using the free wi-fi at the visitor center, we hopped into the car and (after a brief stop for lunch) made our way to Wyoming. Which is where I am now. Riverton, Wyoming, about 2.5 hours outside of Jackson. The drive was easy and beautiful, and we listened to some more Harry Potter 7 (almost halfway done). We'll be driving through the Rocky Mountains tomorrow, probably stop at Grand Teton, and then stop somewhere in Idaho on our way to Portland. Very excited to get there.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Mt. Rushmore and Wind Cave
So, we had a bit of a change of plans yesterday. Almost immediately after I posted, I realized how far it was going to be from Wind Cave to Portland, and since Jackie has yet to practice/finish learning how to drive a manual transmission, I knew that I needed to cut up the driving times. So we decided to immediately head out to western South Dakota, go see Mt. Rushmore and then camp at Wind Cave. We get back to the campsite to pack everything up and we find the tent flipped over due to the wind. Well that just said, "TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE!" I'm a little disappointed we didn't see some of the other formations, but oh well. After packing, we drove 2.5 hours to Mt. Rushmore, which was very cool, but literally took 20 minutes to go to and see (and get some ice cream). We then hustled to Wind Cave before the visitor center closed, and even though Google maps told us to turn on a seemingly non-existant road, we got there right before it did. Got some info, got a campsite, set up, ran into town, got some gas and food, ate, and then slept. On our way to town, we saw a herd of buffalo. Yes a HERD. It was amazing. Here's a picture:
Actually all of the Black Hills was amazing and beautiful. Very green and scenic. This morning we woke up, ate breakfast, packed up, and then went on a tour of part of Wind Cave. The place is insane. Incredibly unique structures and interesting history. Just sucked we could only see 2/3 levels (the bottom level has pools). Overall, however, this a very amazing place and one that I was not originally planning on seeing, and glad I did. After, using the free wi-fi at the visitor center, we hopped into the car and (after a brief stop for lunch) made our way to Wyoming. Which is where I am now. Riverton, Wyoming, about 2.5 hours outside of Jackson. The drive was easy and beautiful, and we listened to some more Harry Potter 7 (almost halfway done). We'll be driving through the Rocky Mountains tomorrow, probably stop at Grand Teton, and then stop somewhere in Idaho on our way to Portland. Very excited to get there.
Actually all of the Black Hills was amazing and beautiful. Very green and scenic. This morning we woke up, ate breakfast, packed up, and then went on a tour of part of Wind Cave. The place is insane. Incredibly unique structures and interesting history. Just sucked we could only see 2/3 levels (the bottom level has pools). Overall, however, this a very amazing place and one that I was not originally planning on seeing, and glad I did. After, using the free wi-fi at the visitor center, we hopped into the car and (after a brief stop for lunch) made our way to Wyoming. Which is where I am now. Riverton, Wyoming, about 2.5 hours outside of Jackson. The drive was easy and beautiful, and we listened to some more Harry Potter 7 (almost halfway done). We'll be driving through the Rocky Mountains tomorrow, probably stop at Grand Teton, and then stop somewhere in Idaho on our way to Portland. Very excited to get there.
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