Mount Rushmore

On Friday we left for our first family outing since traveling 1100 miles in February. We drove about 3.5 hours to Custer, SD where spent the night at Days Inn. We got to Mount Rushmore around 9 a.m. where we found out that they charge $10 for parking and don't take credit cards. Go figure! They are not part of the National Park Service so our Annual PArk Pass was of no value. It was beautiful and almost empty. By the time we left at about 11 it was pretty crowded. We met up with Monique's friend Andy and his mom. Andy is stationed at the AFB outside of Rapid City, SD. Andy had not told his mom that we were meeting up so she was completely surprised to see Monique. It was fun to see her expression once she realized who she was looking at. We met them for lunch in Keystone. We only went for the day so we could figure out what we liked. There is a lake named Sylvan not too far away and it is absolutely breathtaking. It's about 9 miles off the main highway on a small paved road about the width of the old Apache Trail and probably just as windy in some spots. We spent several hours there rock climbing and slip sliding on the frozen creek. We decided that we wanted to go back again. The Black Hills are enchanting and worth seeing. We can't wait to go back.

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