It is safe to say that we crammed A LOT into today! It seems like yesterday that we visited the
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota- but no it was just this morning. For those of you who have never ventured out west, it pretty much corn fields for MILES. So it is fitting that they have a building that they decorate each year with corn.
Can you even believe it? The crazy thing is, they have been doing this since 1892! They have a huge festival each year. Coolest corn purchase here was caramel corn on the cob.
You can see that the boys and I had some fun at
Al's Oasis where we stopped for lunch and some fun.
So basically you drive on flat farm land forever in South Dakota and then you go over a hill and boom there are mountains, otherwise known as Badlands. This was a crazy cool place and well worth the drive through. We saw horned sheep, antelope, prairie dogs, and heard rattlesnakes as we walked up a path.
On our way into the Badlands National Park we hit Prairie Homestead so the kids could really see what homes looked like when people first moved out west. A was not a fan of the mud walls, but they were amazingly cool. My favorite part was all the prairie dogs.
Believe it or not our day was not done, we ate in another touristy place called Wall Drug. The boys enjoyed the fountain- mind you it was about 8pm based on their wake up time today, so they were full of energy just to stay awake.
We decided to keep venturing on to Mt. Rushmore for the lighting ceremony. I was not really a fan of this but did like Mt. Rushmore at dusk. J got some amazing pictures!! Tomorrow we stick around this town and may even take a train ride.
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