Custer, SD - Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Jewel Cave and more....

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Custer, SD:

We passed through the beautiful Big Horn Mountains and stopped off to see some neat waterfalls along the way. We took a southeasterly route after that and could just barely make out Devil's Tower on the horizon to our northwest as we entered the Black Hills area of South Dakota (see pics on last blog). We pulled into Custer around dinner time, found our little cabin at The Roost Resort, went and had a great dinner at Elk Canyon Grill and called it a night. Jon ate a buffalo burger and it was a little dry. We needed our rest because the next morning we were heading out to Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse monument, Jewel Cave, and Custer State Park for dinner.

Mt. Rushmore was really awesome, but smaller than I thought it was going to be. I think Lelah's favorite part was the ice cream we got on our way out.

Jewel Cave was also great. It's the second largest cave in the world after Mammoth cave in Kentucky. Lelah was surprisingly well-behaved in the cave and was proud to walk up-and-down the many winding steps in the dark.

Custer State Park is full of wild life. They have a whole herd of buffalo, which we didn't see, but did manage to come across one guy eating grass on the side of the road. We also saw a bunch of deer hanging out as well. We proceeded to the Blue Bell Lodge for a yummy Father's day dinner of Buffalo Meat Loaf and Ribs and then for pie at the Purple Place in town. It was a fun and full day.

Peace out,
Jon, Melissa and Lelah

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Photos

The Roost Resort
This was a great place!

Mt. Rushmore
The first view of Mt. Rushmore, from the car

George from the cave
This was a cool view

Melissa's workout
We climbed a ton of stairs with Lelah on our backs.

Devil's tower
No, we didn't go there. Jon took a picture from the cover of a book.

Lelah's favorite part
Who wants ice cream?

Jewel cave
This was a really cool!

Pitch black picture
They turned out the lights in the cave and it was DARK. Jon decided to put on his crazy face.

Lelah and our cave guide
Our guide was great! She was so funny and knew her cave lingo.

Comments

[Renae]

Mt. Rushmore pics look great!
Mt. Rushmore pics look great! It looks like you are having the time of your life, and Lelah is too. I love and appreciate all of hte naps on shoulders. :)