Why it's worth the drive.

Today was our Mount Rushmore day. We drove up, parked, and walked to the viewing platform. Jason and I have been here before, but Jeff and Selena have not. They stood there in the quiet awe one gets when experiencing a monument on such a grand scale for the first time. We hiked up to the base and got some great pictures. It was absolutely the perfect weather for it. We went to all the little displays, and the kids participated in the "Junior Ranger" program, and were rewarded with gold colored plastic badges for their troubles. After that we went to the "Cosmo's Mystery Area." I've never been to one of those, it was pretty cool. I've seen them on the Travel Channel before, the house you can't seem to stand up straight in, the concrete platforms that are level but it looks like you got taller when you walk to the other one, and the water that runs uphill. You know, that kind of thing. It was really cool. We had just sat down to roast marshmallows when the clouds rolled in and we got a torrential downpour. We grabbed everything that needed to be try and headed to Jeff and Selena's camper to enjoy some Jiffy Pop. After the kids when to bed we played some cards and drank some beer. Jeff decided to drink his beer from a licorice stick straw. Nice.