Road Trip Day 3

Day 3 started bright and early as we headed north towards Mt Rushmore. On the way we stopped at Custer State Park to check out the wildlife.  By this stage we had started counting animals and motorbikes and even though the buffalo herd was over 500, the motorbikes were still winning,

Entering Custer State Park

Pronghorn everywhere

Buffalo herd

Buffalo in the distance

Buffalo up close

Then we took route 16A through the park on the way to Mt Rushmore.  This was the perfect motorbike road and it was packed with motorbikes, and was cool for the kids as it went through a lot of tunnels

Large Bike

Empty tunnel

Can you see the heads yet?

We had finally made it to Mt Rushmore, normally there is 1 motorbike lane and 3 car lanes, today it was the reverse, so we find a spot fairly easily.

Mt Rushmore is spectacular and was well worth the visit, we got to see the heads and then take the trail which brings you closer to the heads.  A quick stop at the artists studio showed us how big they really are.

Entrance to Mt Rushmore

Four heads

I did go on the trip

Close up of the heads

Can you name them all?

First time we have seen this sign

Enjoying our ice cream

We had intended to visit the Badlands the next day, but as we were fairly early and we were driving to Murdo which was beyond the Badlands we took the scenic route through them.

They are rugged and cool, but they were also very hot that day.  Everyone enjoyed checking them out before our drive to Murdo.

Badlands here we come

Another bat picture

Who is pushing who?

Before our skydiving adventure

Exploring up close

More fish and chips

More sprite