Road Trip 2015 - Day 4 - Custer State Park & Mount Rushmore

We woke up, and A, J, B and Dad went to a donut place called Glazed and Dazed in Rapid City. The donuts were quite good and I had two glazed. I took a shower while they were gone, and then, we headed for Custer State Park. We went up Needles Highway before we went on the Wildlife Loop. Needles Highway was extremely scary and extremely high. I am quite afraid of heights so I had a mild panic attack, and A took a lot of my pictures for me. I huddled in the car and tried to forget the world. (Where does this come from? It's a song, I think. A says it comes from everywhere.)

Pigtails

Bad panorama

Blurry grass & flowers

The Needles

A's shot.

A's shot

A's shot

At the top of Needles Highway, we turned and headed to Sylvan Lake. We saw a family of ducks, five babies and one mama, and followed them for a while before we went swimming in the lake. We found a bunch of quartz and other cool rocks on the bottom of the lake and collected them. The coolest thing about the water was that it was filled with tiny flakes of mica, which made the water sparkle.

Sylvan Rocks

Lake

The Whole Darn Lake, or pretty close

More rocks

Then, we went on the Wildlife Loop and saw burros, pronghorn, white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, prairie dogs, and one lone buffalo at the very end.

Burros! You can feed them, and they'll come right up to the car.

Trees?

Probably a deer on the treeline, but I can't see it.

Nice grass.

Worse panorama

Cliff

Buffalo

Buffalo

Pronghorn

After the Wildlife Loop, we drove through the mountains and saw Mount Rushmore one last time, from a distance. We also saw another deer.

Rushmore

Deer in the Woods

Then, we went to the Purple Pie Place and had pie, which became our dinner. Mom and Dad did laundry at the campsite while the kids slept.
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Chorus of the Day!

No, no, wherever I go, go

Trouble seems to follow

I only plugged in to save rock and roll

Rock and roll, no, wherever I go, go

Trouble seems to follow

I only plugged in to save rock and roll

Last Chorus of the Day:
Nina by Ed Sheeran

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La! ~SCP