mt Rushmore!

we made it to mt Rushmore, with a huge thunderstorm looming over our shoulder. our melted souls took a deep breath, ate a granola bar, and mustered all our energy up to go take a look at our stony forefathers.

I think I have heard it said many times "it smaller than you think it's going to be", and that was both of our first reactions. still really impressive however! we wandered around a bit, watched the 15 min video about the history and making if the landmark, tool pictures, hit the gift shop (which was packed!) for our postcards, and we were off. luckily the rain skirted to the side of us, but all our pics are cloudy.

jumping back in the car heading to the badlands, we both were starting to regain some normal energy. Christina was back to writing postcards, and speaking in multiple syllables. :)