Hill City, Mount Rushmore, Bear Country, and Firehouse Brewery
Our plan today was to go to the dinosaur museum in Hill City and then make our way to Mount Rushmore, so we headed out fairly early.
We stopped in Hill City on our way to Mount Rushmore. We visited The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. It was very interesting and I did not realize how many dinosaurs lived in South Dakota! They had a 70% complete T-Rex, which Anders found very exciting!
http://www.bhigr.com/
Time for a drink!
Wisconsin!!
A couple had asked us to take a picture of them because I had the same phone as them. We asked them to do the same. Don't worry if we're centered. :)
This is probably one of my favorite pictures. He was so excited about taking pictures throughout the whole trip. If we took a picture, he had to take one. This one says it all.
As we were heading into Rapid City, we came across Bear Country U.S.A. I was thinking we would try to go, so I talked Kris into pulling in. It is a drive through Wildlife Park. As we pulled up to the gates, Kris pulled out a $20. There were no prices posted. When the cashier said, "Three in your car? That will be $42.00." Kris' reaction was priceless, and there was no turning back.
Big Horned Sheep
Bison
Kris had heard about a brewery downtown Rapid City, so we decided to go and have a drink. I was expecting downtown to be very touristy, but it ended up being a really beautiful city. This was icing on the cake. We sad out on the patio and enjoyed some drinks and appetizers. Afterwards, we walked down the street and found a beautiful town square with a splash pad and amphitheater. I told Anders he could go in the fountains, but he didn't want to because he didn't have his swimsuit. I told him we would try and get back before the end of the week.
Our plan today was to go to the dinosaur museum in Hill City and then make our way to Mount Rushmore, so we headed out fairly early.
We stopped in Hill City on our way to Mount Rushmore. We visited The Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. It was very interesting and I did not realize how many dinosaurs lived in South Dakota! They had a 70% complete T-Rex, which Anders found very exciting!
http://www.bhigr.com/
Anders being goofy!
Time for a drink!
Mount Rushmore was probably the highlight of the trip for all of us. What an amazing monument!! It was very interesting to learn about the creation of the monument.
Beautiful!
Wisconsin!!
Binoculars come in handy.
A couple had asked us to take a picture of them because I had the same phone as them. We asked them to do the same. Don't worry if we're centered. :)
This is probably one of my favorite pictures. He was so excited about taking pictures throughout the whole trip. If we took a picture, he had to take one. This one says it all.
As we were heading into Rapid City, we came across Bear Country U.S.A. I was thinking we would try to go, so I talked Kris into pulling in. It is a drive through Wildlife Park. As we pulled up to the gates, Kris pulled out a $20. There were no prices posted. When the cashier said, "Three in your car? That will be $42.00." Kris' reaction was priceless, and there was no turning back.
Big Horned Sheep
It was fun to see the bears. They walked right in front of the car and often would just sit there.
Bison
They had a walk through park also. This badger and her babies were quite comical!
The baby bears were so cute.
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