Several months ago, London watched the movie, National Treasure 2. The ending is in Mt. Rushmore, and since then she's been asking to "go to the place with those big faces." I've always wanted to go there too, so we decided to make a little trip out of it with my mom and Dave! We left bright and early (4:45 am) the day after the kids' birthday carnival and headed east! We stopped to see Independence Rock, a pioneer memorial spot, and then headed to the South Dakota! I'm a bit of an archaeology nerd, so I was super excited to see the Mammoth Dig in Hot Springs, SD. It's about 50 miles south of Rapid City, and on the way. I had no idea that it was an active Mammoth dig! It's indoors because of the crazy Dakota seasons. There are hundreds of mammoths buried on top of one another in this spot. It was so amazing to see the excavation happening before our eyes! We went on a tour and then just wandered around the facility. The kids loved it too! After a local dinner, we headed up to our hotel in Rapid City! Next stop, Mount Rushmore!!! Note: it's no short drive to South Dakota. I was so impressed with my kids both ways! They did amazing! Thank heavens for car DVD players!!!
Pippi and Grandma Jilly!
Pippi and Daddy listening to the tour
Londy Bug!
Some excavation of a full mammoth skeleton
Pretty sure she wasn't supposed to be on this...
The fam in front of the dig site
The crazies in the visitors center in a bone teepee home
Beck thinks he's big enough to help swing the babe. It worked out ok, but not great!
The Becksta in the visitors center digging for dinosaur bones and doing petroglyphs!
Several months ago, London watched the movie, National Treasure 2. The ending is in Mt. Rushmore, and since then she's been asking to "go to the place with those big faces." I've always wanted to go there too, so we decided to make a little trip out of it with my mom and Dave! We left bright and early (4:45 am) the day after the kids' birthday carnival and headed east! We stopped to see Independence Rock, a pioneer memorial spot, and then headed to the South Dakota! I'm a bit of an archaeology nerd, so I was super excited to see the Mammoth Dig in Hot Springs, SD. It's about 50 miles south of Rapid City, and on the way. I had no idea that it was an active Mammoth dig! It's indoors because of the crazy Dakota seasons. There are hundreds of mammoths buried on top of one another in this spot. It was so amazing to see the excavation happening before our eyes! We went on a tour and then just wandered around the facility. The kids loved it too! After a local dinner, we headed up to our hotel in Rapid City! Next stop, Mount Rushmore!!! Note: it's no short drive to South Dakota. I was so impressed with my kids both ways! They did amazing! Thank heavens for car DVD players!!!
Pippi and Grandma Jilly!
Pippi and Daddy listening to the tour
Londy Bug!
Some excavation of a full mammoth skeleton
Pretty sure she wasn't supposed to be on this...
The fam in front of the dig site
The crazies in the visitors center in a bone teepee home
Beck thinks he's big enough to help swing the babe. It worked out ok, but not great!
The Becksta in the visitors center digging for dinosaur bones and doing petroglyphs!
2 comments:
My sister lives up by Mt. Rushmore and they love it there. They especially love the 4th. I'm way behind on blogging but looks like you're having a fun busy summer.
What beautiful kids! All 5 of you!
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