Another big miles day for us to get us to North Platte so we could stay with Amanda's sister and husband but more on that later.
The day started off with a stop at Mount Rushmore. When getting our first glimpse of the National monument my first thoughts were, wow it's smaller than I expected. Thanks to having Grandma and Grandpa Dennis with us we only had to pay $5 for parking.
A short walk from Baby Groot took us into the monument and as you walk along the avenue of flags you start to realise how vast Mount Rushmore is.
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| pretty darn cool |
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| All that blasted rock.... would that be allowed now? |
Due to the storm the presidential walk wasn't open however this gave Fiona the chance to complete another Jr Ranger badge. If you have a child and visit any National parks/monument, definitely check these out. It's a great way to learn about what you are visiting.
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| Another Jr Ranger |
We left Mount Rushmore and enjoyed a pleasant cruise through the Black Mountains and out onto the Grasslands as we headed towards North Platte, NE.
We stopped for lunch at a place called Alliance, NE the home of Carhenge, it's a pretty unique place and kept thinking about the Eddie Izzard sketch about Stonehenge whilst I was there, at least they would be easier to move.
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| Under the cars |
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| The henge! |
We hit the road again for the remaining ~200miles to Jeff and Pam’s, we arrived around 6pm and we wasted no time getting in for a swim and out water skiing.
Trip Stats
Total miles 5,355
Bear count
13 black
0 brown
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