Summer of 2009 we decided to take a real family vacation. My first suggestion was down to Padre, and Corpus to the beach, but Daryl wanted us to see things we have never seen... So a road trip to South Dakota was planned.
First stop, after camping an night in Kansas was Cawker City - brief photo op of the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine
From Kansas to Nebraska - both states were long drives with not much to see but fields, and fields, and oh, did I mention FIELDS of corn? Lots and lots and lots of it...
Then South Dakota! Two full days of driving, and we made it!
We stayed at an amazing campground in Custer. It was called "Beaver Lake Campground" (Although I never saw the lake, or any beavers, but it WAS a beautiful place to camp!)
(make sure you buy DRY wood when starting fires - wet, or even DAMP wood smokes a LOT)
Our main reason to visit South Dakota, of course was Mount Rushmore
But on the way there we also saw:
We didn't stop, (kind of pricy) but got a few good photos right from the side of the road.
Then we passed this BEAUTIFUL lake - Horse Thief Lake -
of course we couldn't pass by without getting out, exploring and taking more pictures!
We Pulled over at a little parking area - and caught our first glimpse of Mount Rushmore -
Just the side of George Washington - but still quite awesome!
Then on to Mount Rushmore
It was the most awesome thing - and I am so glad Daryl wanted to go!
We had a lot of fun in South Dakota - Drove through Custer State Park on our way back to the campgrounds -
Then that night we went back to the monument for the "Lighting" of Mount Rushmore
The Next Day we visited the Jewel Cave National Monument
I didn't go on the tour in the caves with Daryl and the girls, but they had a really good time.
Then we walked around to the original entrance. It was a really beautiful place to visit.
That wasn't the end of our vacation - but that was the last big thing we did in South Dakota -
We went on to Colorado from there - but that's "Favorite Vacation Spot #3" :)
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