Mt. Rushmore

On Saturday we got to go to Mt. Rushmore. This is another place that brought back memories of my mom. I have been to Mt. Rushmore numerous times growing up. No matter who visited us in the summers in SD we always went to Mt. Rushmore. I haven't been in years and my kids have never been (CJ as a baby). It was awesome. They loved it and I love the way they have it set up now. We watched a short movie viewed a ton of pictures of how they created it, read newspaper articles, etc. I think they earned like .50 an hour working on that. The highest paid worked I believe was $1.00. Crazy! It is beautiful and it was a beautiful day. Craig and Brenden are really into the history stuff and facts so they soaked it up. They also had a little Native American stop where we learned some fun facts and some some Teepee's.

Tammie, Rich, Tierra, and Kaysen also joined us. When we were done we stopped in Keystone for lunch. Then we decided to go check out this place with a Ski lift and rode the ski lift up and then got to ride these race car things down. We controlled our speed. Everyone could ride by themselves except for Carter. He wasn't quite tall enough. Craig and Carter went first and had a blast. Carter said he wanted to go "a little fast". Brenden was next and loved every minute of it. Adessa was next and we should of had her got last but I was holding up the caboose for our family. She liked it but there were several signs that say go slow...and well she went slow. They warn you that if you go too fast you will crash, rip your clothes, etc. Needless to say when Caitlyn went, she didn't wait long enough so didn't get to go very fast. She was not impressed she was behind Dess and she wouldn't go faster. I waited for quite a while before going hoping I could go semi-fast. They had a beginner line and an advanced line. On the ride up we saw some crazy boys hauling on the fast side...my sister saw a wreck. We didn't dare try the fast side. It was fun and I would definitely go again when we are back in the area. Kids wanted to go again but having to buy 6 tickets isn't cheap! Tammie and Rich surprised us up top! It was a fun day. We didn't' walk around Keystone because we were ready to just be at Tammie's and relax...next time we will. I want some Taffy! We ended the night with a BBQ at Tammie's and Ice cream in Sturgis. It was a great weekend!