Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse and Buffalo

After leaving Wall's Drug we headed on to Badlands National Park. Then on to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial. This is a trip we had made with our kiddo's 13 years earlier and thought it was worth a repeat with the grandkids. The Badlands Park didn't disappoint, the main attraction there are the buffalo. You can get fairly close to them and just sit and watch for a while.This is a shot from the van window, it shows just how close they come to the car. Not to mention we couldn't move for quite some time as one buffalo had decided to stand, yes just stand, in front of a car. We are not allowed to try to get them moving in any way, so you wait.

Look what else we got to see!! Burrow's. They are looking for goodies from the car, we found some crackers to feed them. We also saw a lot of antelope and prairie dogs.Here we are at Mt. Rushmore. The kids didn't know what to make of those faces carved in the rocks. Michael got it a bit as he understood presidents, Isa wasn't real sure about it (keep checking Nicole's blog as I'm sure she'll share a cute story from little miss). Kai didn't voice his opinion and Kevin liked it a lot, he just wants to know were Obama is. Isa hearing about the presidents.The kids in front of the Crazy Horse Memorial. It hasn't progressed much in 13 years. A couple of days ago they showed an explosion that blew away 5 tons of rock. Now maybe they will be able to get more done on it.Keep your hands off my uncle!!
Looking around the building at Crazy Horse.