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| Max thought this Lawnmower pile was hilarious |
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| Ate breakfast in Keystone by Mt. Rushmore |
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| Max drinking his cocoa |
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| Papa and Max |
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| Max and Nana |
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| Bill and I |
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| Me, Bill and Max |
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| This man did a great job acting like Theodore Roosevelt. He gave a really good talk |
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| Max and Bill with their ice cream. Mt. Rushmore outside the window |
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| Bill and Max |
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| On our way out of Mt. Rushmore there were these beautiful rocks that sparkled in the sun. Max loved climbing on them |
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| Bill and I |
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| Ride going down by Mt. Rushmore Cave |
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| Max in Mt. Rushmore Cave |
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| Some places were really narrow to get through |
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| Bill |
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| Yay we saw the light at the end of the tunnel (cave) |
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| Max at Wall Drug |
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| Bill and Max...Bill had his free coffee and donut for being a veteran and I had a 5 cent coffee |
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| Shirt we bought Max. It has all the places we were on it |
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| Bill |
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| Another hotel with a water slice. This one was my favorite |
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| Max |
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| Max and I on a double tube! It was so much fun! |
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| Such a fun place |
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| The water slide went outside and was super dark when out there |
Read the Bible with Max which we are doing every day. We left at 9 a.m. and drove 40 minutes to Mt. Rushmore. Ate at a restaurant called Peggy’s there. We had a great breakfast. We went to Mt. Rushmore after that. It was beautiful and more than met my expectations. I have wanted to go there since I was little. Max loved it there too. A man dressed like Theodore Roosevelt gave a talk about the National Parks, the government and why the presidents on Mt. Rushmore were chosen. He was very talented and very interesting.
Max and Papa had hot fudge sundaes and I had a mint chocolate chip waffle cone in the store at Mt. Rushmore. They were big and delicious. We walked through the gift shop and I got a pair of earrings with granite from Mt. Rushmore in them. Took pictures of Max climbing the rocks there and then left.
We went to Rushmore Cave after that and took a tour of the cave. It was 58 degrees in the cave. It’s 3,652.6 feet long. He told us there were Over 400 steps. My fit bit said I did 23 flights of stairs. Wow! It took us an hour and some narrow spots with lots of steep steps. It tired us out. Even Max thought it was hard to breathe sometimes. We all were glad we did it. Max and Papa were going to go down the mountain roller coaster, but they closed it because of lightning. We drove to the town of Wall and went through Wall Drugs. It was huge and had lots of shops. We drove to Mitchell, S.D. Went to Culver’s to eat. Brought it back to our room to eat, so we could hurry and swim before the pool closed. Stayed at a Comfort Inn with an amazing water slide that went outside and then back in the building. I loved going down on a tube and not going under water all the way. So much fun. Bill went down 3 times and I went down six times. Max went the entire 40 minutes we had to swim. Bill fell off his tube the first two times, but did great the third time. Great day! Did the laundry before going to bed. Someone left a little box of tide on the washer they didn’t use. It was only a dollar to wash the clothes and a dollar to dry them. Still had time on the dryer when the were all dry. Nice to have laundry done!
