Day 4- Sight Seeing and Being Tourists

Today we slept in a little. I didn't but that's okay, every one else was able to enjoy a little more rest. The sun was rising at 4:45 am SD time which meant by 5am Tillie was ready for me to be up! That was okay, it was a beautiful quiet morning.

We decided to take Iron Mountain Road, a scenic route through the Black Hills to Mt. Rushmore. This route is known for the tunnels that frame Mt. Rushmore as you travel through them. It was a very beautiful winding drive. One that our back seat companions had some issue with. Layla gets car sick very easily. We put the windows down and that was able to give her some relief. This drive took us longer than expected so we decided to put Mt. Rushmore off until tomorrow. Our plan now was to see Bear Country USA and Reptile Gardens.

Bear Country U.S.A. is a drive through wildlife park with the main attraction being black beasr that roam around you while you are in your car. It was quite a site. We figured maybe 50 black bears were wandering around at a given time. Then we went to another part of the park where we could see bear cubs playing and other animals. It was fun!

Our next stop was Reptile Gardens. Um, what a waste of time! It was mainly gardens, which were beautiful, but not what we were expecting. I actually didn't know what I was to expect, but for the entrance fee, I was sure expecting more than what we got! Nuff Said!

After these stops we needed to get back to the puppies and rest. Once back a pretty decent storm rolled in with lightning and hail, and of course much needed rain! The hail was no more the size of peas, but it lasted a lot longer than most hail storms I've witnessed.

That's really about it! Tomorrow brings an actual tour of Mt. Rushmore and a trip to Deadwood! The pups can go with us on this trip. Something I'm sure they will like! Oh, Tony, Maya, and Layla are going to try and satisfy their obsessive rock collecting and visit Scott's Rock Store in Custer. Oh joy! Luckily someone has to stay in the truck with the dogs and that lucky person is me!