Rapid City Day I

On our first full day in Rapid City,

we went to see Mount Rushmore.

We checked out the avenue of flags

and watched a short movie showing

 how the monument was created.

Next, we went to the Cosmos Mystery area.

Gravity does not act normally here.  Balls roll uphill and you can stand on the walls of the cabin.  I’m hanging from a level chin-up bar, but my feet pulled heavily to my left.

After that, we decided to check out Bear Country.

We drove through the park and saw lots of animals.

including bears!

We saw them eating

and playing in the water.

We loved the baby bears

and we saw a bobcat too!
During the afternoon, we shopped downtown and found a lot of the president statues.

Harper was so excited to see the giant Quarter Pounder statue at McDonald’s 😁

Later that evening, we headed out for some mini golf.

On this hole, Ashley got a hole in one

and I hit my ball in the water 😖  I had to grab it quickly before it fell down the waterfall!

There were lots of laughs and 

lots of challenging holes.

The weather was perfect for our night at Pirate’s Cove!