Yesterday we traveled thru the Badlands to Mt. Rushmore. We started out in the rain. The rain and wind gave Gary a tense morning. Those storms did materialize. However, as we arrived at the Badlands the rain quit and we were able to walk to the view points as well as in and around the formations. We had lunch in the trailer because of the wind, but this was our view out the window.
Because of the rain all the grass is green. It was a beautiful contrast to the red in the dirt.
Hope you can see it in the photo. These are the yellow mounds. It was only a small area, but beautiful.
We parked the trailer between Rapid City and Mt. Rushmore. We decided to go up late in the afternoon so we could stay for the evening program. We got to take a trail towards the sculpure and see the presidents from a different, closer view.
Here you can see blue sky. We were thankful we took our rain clothes because there were showers. It was nice to have a few hours here. I hadn't thought much about Mt Rushmore, the mountain, before it was carved. We also saw a film and the museum.
The evening ranger program was in a 5000 seat amphitheater. It seemed nearly full. It was a patriotic theme and well done. At the end of the talk and film the ranger invited up all past and present military personnel. There were a lot of people on stage. Then they lit up the mountain and we all sang the national anthem.
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