Day 2: We had a nice quiet evening to end day 1 at Roosevelt Inn. We stayed at this same hotel in 2011 and decided to try it again. Our room was a suite and plenty of room for our entire family...ok we did sneak a kid in...so don't tell anyone!
We woke up on day two and the weather didn't clear up! It was cold, rainy, and foggy. Our plan for the day was to hopefully see Mount Rushmore, drive through Custer State Park to see animals, and walk around Sylvan Lake.
We decided to start off by driving through the state park. It was foggy, so it was a bit hard to see everything. We did see a few things though.
Our favorite were these cuties!
We stopped a few times to get out and walk around. I want to go back there when we have more time and the weather is a bit nicer. It would be great to actually get to explore when we aren't on a time crunch.
We then went to Sylvan Lake. We really enjoyed this lake on our last visit and well....it wasn't the same because it was foggy, but it did clear up towards the end. The lake is so pretty and the hike around it is not strenuous! I would highly recommend if it if you are in the area.
After we visited Sylvan Lake we decided to go back to Mount Rushmore. This time we were pretty lucky and were able to see everything. We took a little hike down to the bottom of the faces. It was a lovely little hike and we really liked being closer.
We then drove into Rapid City to eat Mexican...no pictures, but Rapid City is the biggest city near the Mount Rushmore area.
To end our trip to this area we drove through Custer State Park one more time. This time were were able to see more buffalo...and these cuties again!
On to day 3-4! Traveling to Yellowstone!!!
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