Last night’s storm was intense. There was a torrential downpour for quite a while and lightning cracking all around us. But we stayed in our tents and hoped the pine trees wouldn’t fall on top of us. I heard hail clanking off my bike and was expecting to see dimples in my gas tank when I awoke but luckily there wasn’t any damage. As we broke camp there was piles of ice on the sides of the roads from all the hail. Crazy!!
We spent all day in the Black Hills area of South Dakota seeing the sites and trying to take it all in. It’s really amazing how much there is to see and do. A full week here would be enough time to really enjoy it. We were able to get some good shots of the Crazy Horse monument and Mt Rushmore. See below. There are wild Burros in Custer State Park that are always waiting for handouts. They don’t seem too wild after all.
The weather was perfect all day until we caught a small shower as we passed through the Spearfish Canyon on our way to Spearfish. Prior to that we passed through Deadwood where Wild Bill Hickok is buried.
We are staying in a cabin tonight at the KOA in Spearfish, SD. Pizza Hut was for dinner. They delivered! The agenda for tomorrow is to end up in Cody, Wyoming which is just east of Yellowstone. As we cross in to Wyoming the first stop will be at Devil’s Tower then on to Cody.
That’s all for tonight, I’m exhausted!
Mom
June 3, 2008 at 8:06 am
Hi Aaron,
Awesome photos. Sounds like you are having a blast. Be careful. Grizzly Bears, etc.
Love ya,
Mom
Zack
June 3, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Pizza Hut will deliver out in the woods but they refuse to come to our house??? Ha! Your trip looks like fun. Mt. Rushmore looks really cool! I cant believe all of those buffalo were crossing the road. Thats really amazing. We are all doing good here. Have fun!
Love,
ZACK
Darrin
June 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Alicia says Little Zacky should be with you!