Monday, July 18, 2016

Going West - Mt. Rushmore & Bear Country

DAY 9
Mount Rushmore and Bear Country USA
and travel to NW Iowa.

We left the hotel at 8 am and the Wynias were right behind us
about an hour!






pretending to blow up the rock with dynamite

watching the film in the theatre about the carving 



the girls referred to them as "the FACES"


We hiked a bit of the Presidential trail but it was not 
stroller accessible, so we didn't travel it long. 



Then we met up with the Wynias and checked out the teepees.




They found IOWA!

 We spent about an hour and a half at Mt. Rushmore then caravaned
to Bear Country USA - a drive through wildlife park.

reindeer 

big horned sheep

We had to stay in the van, so the girls took off their seatbelts
and moved around a bit. 


mountain goats

bears

checking out the mountain lions in their dens

brown bears and black bears




walking the 1/4 mile loop at Babyland




on the road again...

Chamberlain, SD

our last rest stop that day - at Chamberlain!

 racing to get the wiggles out!




We made GREAT TIME getting to Northwest Iowa that night.
We spent the night at Mom and Dads and were finally homeward bound
on Sunday morning!
DAY 10 - we made it home around 3:30 and even had time to make it to night church!

What a wonderful trip with lots of memories!!


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