Knut and I were invited to go to the black hills with some friends of ours for a long weekend. We just couldn’t say no. There weren’t any kids. Just the 2 guys and the 2 pregnant ladies. We road out there together and stayed at their family’s “cabin.”
The trip out, we could not pass up a chance to see the Corn Palace. I mean really…who could?
There were huskers working on this year’s design, although the boys were disappointed at the amount of straw used on the “corn” palace.
Inside…well, we couldn’t resist.
Then, of course, a stop at “Wall Drug” where Knut and I posed on a jackalope. Christmas card anyone?
Once we got to the Black Hills, there was wildlife everywhere. We even came upon a wild buffalo herd.
In the middle of the road, was the biggest buffalo I’ve ever seen. It was a huge bull only feet from the van, and Jess was worried that he was about to charge. You know, since he was making a very strange sound and sticking his tongue out at Knut and Todd. I’ll have to say, it was quite thrilling, in a scary sort of way, and I’m very glad he didn’t charge the van.
There were so many tunnels carved into rock, and all of them seemed to have a clear view of Mt. Rushmore.
However, faces weren’t the only things carved into rock. This was the needle’s eye.
Nearby, there were some people repelling. In fact, we saw rock climbers doing amazing things all weekend. The weather must have been just right for it.
It was amazing to me how many trees there were that were just growing out of rocks. No soil, just rocks.
Here are the guys. I doubt they have any friends that they have known longer. You see, Knut and Todd’s mothers shared a room at the hospital while they were giving birth to these two. Knut was born a few hours earlier than Todd. The 2 moms became friends, and these guys grew up friends. They can honestly say, they’ve known each other from birth.
It was just beautiful.
I had never seen Rushmore, so that stop was a must. I must say, I was not disappointed. The historical information there was so neat, and we got to look at everything.
Even the model of how they were planning on finishing it, but couldn’t. I guess it was a combination of WWII starting and funding stopping around the time that the artist died, and the project was declared finished.
However, Rushmore is not the only thing to see out there! I feel as though we barely scratched the surface in a weekend!
We went hiking the other day we were up there.
We hiked up to a lookout post which was a bit much for us pregnant ones, but we survived. We opted for a different hike back, which was beautiful, but more sunny than I was expecting, and that’s where I got so burned!
It was a very fun weekend!
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