Mount Rushmore and the Grizzly Bear Campground

I figure you all know what Mt. Rushmore looks like.

We took the detour to see it in person, but did very little picture taking. We stayed at the Grizzly Bear Campground, two miles away, in a wonderful-smelling forest. We had an omelet with farm fresh eggs when we got back from watching the ceremonial lighting of the monument. I fell asleep at the fire, and burned a hole in my sleeping bag and shirt. Ooops. That woke me up. :)

This morning though, Brian and I ran up the Mountain, while everyone else drove and took pictures and got ice-cream. It is a mountain! And it's not meant to be walked/biked. It's a rather pedestrian unfriendly highway (especially for bare feet - lots of gravel on the shoulder) but getting to the top was great! I was fairly tired on the ride...

 But clearly, the boys were tired-er.

 At Lewis and Clarke caverns, some of us went on a cavern tour, and some stayed back and played at the wonderful playground. Our laundry was hung in the shadows of some gorgeous not-yet-rockies, and dried almost instantly in the wind.

 Good night, moon!