Custer

Debbie's Blog: so we woke up this morning to...... SUN. It was the first time we saw sun in three days. It was wonderful. We finally had a chance to dry out the camper and us. We ate eggs in a hole, bacon and mini french toast for breakfast before we set out for the day to see our sites. We all crammed into Grandpa's truck and took off to see Crazy Horse monument. Chief Crazy horse
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/17585

You can actually see the monument from the road, but we paid our admission fee and went into the park/visitor's area. WOW this Indian's head is HUGE. You can put the entire Mt. Rushmore sculpture in the Indian's face. We saw a movie about the sculptor, did some shopping, took some photos, drank free coffee, got a rock and took off to the next stop, Mt. Rushmore.

The drive to Mt. Rushmore was breathtaking. There were a lot of pull off stops where you could see parts of the carvings but you really did not get the full effect until you arrived at the top of the drive. It is quite a site to see. We again took in the sights, took photos, ate ice cream, took a hike for a closer look, shopped and then headed back down the mountain. The gnome of course made the trip and had his photo's taken as well.
On the way down we stopped for a geocache located at the entrance sign to Mt. Rushmore. Here, Randy almost broke the camera, but it managed to survive with only a few scratches. Dad and I sat this geocache out so we did not get to see the actual event.

From here we headed to Hill City to see the Ornate Junk Metal Horse http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/23782 and got a few geoaches. While here we stumbled upon this Teddy Bear Town store that had the world's largest collection of teddy bears in the world in it, over 6500 different bears. It was really weird, fascinating and incredible to see, all at the same time. It is actually in the guiness book of world records. We then took some photos with the gnome and then headed back to camp for the evening. Randy and Lynsie took off awhile later to get a few more geocaches in Custer while G and G Utpadel, myself and Gunner relaxed by the fire, and planned the day for tomorrow. Sadly, G and G Utpadel will be heading a seperate way than us :( Fire was nice, smores, popcorn and taffy were enjoyed by all. Now off to bed to get ready to hit the road tomorrow to see Uncle Jim in Glendo Wyoming.

Custer, United States