Road Trip - Day 2

Hours driven: 7
States driven through: 3 (Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota)

We got up real early to be on the road by 7. We had a short driving day planned, just 5 hours. But ended up stopping for awhile at the Battlefield of Little Bighorn and that put us behind schedule. It was so worth it, though! We visited the site of the battle where General Custer fell and saw some of his actual clothing and artifacts in the museum. The kids were very impressed with all of it, we can't wait to check out our new library and find some books to read about the battle. We finally made it to Rapid City and after checking into the hotel and eating dinner, we headed out to Mt. Rushmore. It was so stinking hot!! We didn't stay long - if I wasn't so fat and pregnant we might have been able to do the guided tour. We ended up leaving after about 20 minutes or so. After we left the monument (and collected rocks on the roadside!) we went to the Crazy Horse memorial 17 miles away. They wanted $20 from us to park the car so we snapped a quick picture and did a u-turn out of there! M ore subjects to add to our library list! =) The brakes on the van started smoking on our way back out of the Black Hills so pray for safe driving tomorrow!! We are pretty sure it was due to the fact that it's about 100 degrees here and we have been using them A LOT today with all the mountains we have been traveling through. We didn't have a problem with them after they had a chance to cool down. So we are back at the hotel and ready for a good nights rest. We have a long drive tomorrow to Omaha - pray for our safety!!!



Battlefield Museum



heading up to the site of the fallen soldiers


the black marker is for General Custer




Mt. Rushmore








see George in the background!



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