We are having the best adventure in South Dakota.  I would advise anyone to come here for a vacation.  There is so much to see and do.  We will be sad to leave here on Tuesday.
We took Thursday off and did the laundry, cleaning and grocery store chores and then just chilled.  Friday was wonderful.  We went to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse.  We left around 10 a.m. and took Rte. 36 to Iron Mountain Road.  When we turned on Iron Mountain Road we saw signs that told us to remember that buffalo were wild animals.  We chuckled and watched for a sighting.  This is a winding, hilly road and all of a sudden we saw a buffalo on our left, then we looked to our right and saw some more buffalo and then they were crossing the road in front of us.  We stopped the car and watched an entire herd of buffalo cross the road.  There must have been over 200 buffalo and you don't try to hurry them up.  They move at their own speed and change direction whenever they want.  We just waited until we had a chance to slowly move up the road.  We followed them for awhile until they got to the open field where they wanted to graze.  What a wonderful sight.  There were calves, cows and bulls and it was all in the wild!  The road continued its winding, at one point we were going under the bridge we had just gone over and then we looked over and could see Mt. Rushmore.  We stopped for pictures and then back on the road again.  Got to a short tunnel and framed in the opening of the tunnel was Mt. Rushmore.  Not once but at all the tunnels.  I think there were 3.  Mt. Rushmore is everything you think it will be multiplied.  Amazing, just amazing.  We were there for about 2-3 hours and then left to find Crazy Horse.  We got there and that was also amazing.  The carving isn't complete but you can see his face.  If you look carefully you can see the scaffolding on the mountain where they are still working.  There is an Indian Museum attached and when we got there we were able to see Native dancing.  Both Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse have movies to explain the story behind both monuments.  Today was a fun day.  We drove to Hill City and took the train to Keystone and back.  This is an 1880 steam train that runs through Black Hills National Forest.  Fun day and cute little towns.  Came home and sat outside for awhile and then had dinner.  After dinner we took our usual walk around the park and met some nice people from New Jersey.  Jack had spoken to them the other day and found out that they were from Tabernacle NJ which for those of you who don't know is two towns over from my family.  Small world.  We sat and talked with them for a good hour and a half.  Really nice evening.  Well that's all for today but I promise to write more soon. Check out all our pictures from these days.  Jack put them all out there for you to see.