Pictured Pictures

Greetings from Rapid City, SD. Today we ventured up highway 16 to view the famed Mount Rushmore. Deciding that it wasn't worth the $8 to park, we saw it from the car...which was quite enough. The surrounding areas are full of tourist traps and stupid souvenir shoppes. We have fallen for them..twice. But never again.

Leanne has just split off our trip- she is taking a bus from Rapid City to Denver to visit some family members before returning home to NJ for an internship. It was fun to have her along.

This morning, we did a 7-mile hike through Badlands National Park, which was almost like a world all its own. We have some great pictures but have not had the opportunity to transfer them to the computer quite yet. After crossing most of Minnesota and South Dakota in one drive (600 miles), it was refreshing to see land that wasn't flat and covered with grass.

And finally, as promised- pictures from pictured rocks. I do love the alliteration UT.

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This is Chapel Rock

This is the beach below where we camped

And the sunset over the water