Flash-back South Dakota Trip Aug 2-4th

Charlie and I decided on a whim to go on an anniversary trip to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore and some of the beautiful state parks out there. Imean--when will we ever ONLY live 10 hours from Mt. Rushmore?! So we loaded up the dogs one day after I got off from the hospital, and set out.

He loves road trips.

This was at needles state park. There are some amazing rock formations--we could drive through this piece of mountain!

The first night we stayed at the capitol--Pierre, SD. The second night, we camped at Custer state park.

Here we are at our campsite. We cooked ho-bos (chopped onion and bell pepper) and a baked potato for me, and home-made Minnesota hot dogs for Charlie. It was quite good!

We found huge fields of sunflowers. They were amazing.

Mt. Rushmore

Proof we were there?

It's a pretty amazing view!

Charlie found the Louisiana flag 

The highlight of the trip was a (Very) early morning ride down the wildlife loop at Custer State Park. It was incredible. It was slightly misting, and very foggy--and there was wilflife out everywhere we looked. 

We screamed when we saw the first buffalo....

Then we kept seeing them! It was incredible. 

I'm married to a 13 year old boy. He took this one. 

This was on our way home through the badlands.

It was an amazing trip. Even though we spent more time in the car than out, it was a memorable trip we'll never forget!