Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, Custer State Park, and Crazy Horse Memorial
Day 27: Thursday, July 25, 2019 We had planned to get out by 7 am and despite the late night, we were successful—Sean was pleased! We got on the road early for our longest travel day yet. We got out of West Yellowstone about 10 miles and came upon a little traffic jam for a black bear on the side of the road—exciting! We drove through some heavy fog and then once the sun really came up we got to see the beauty of Montana as we drove clear across the state. We made our few gas/bathroom stops, the kids watched movies and complained minimally (yahoo!), and I got to do a little bit of work. We crossed into Wyoming for a bit and then made it to our 8 th state, South Dakota! We stopped at Qdoba for lunch, and as we were getting close to our destination we finally saw some bighorn sheep—yay, my life is complete!! We were driving right by so we made a quick stop at Jewel Cave for information. We had heard that Wind Cave closed unexpectedly the we...