Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Custer part II- please read part 1 below

Saturday morning we went to find my cousin, Sharon and her daughter, Autumn, from Minnesota. They arrived late on Friday. We all took off to see Mt. Rushmore, but Charis hurled on the way and the Gray van had to return to clean up and nap. The rest of us took the scenic route to the heads, in the rain. By the time we watched a movie about the sculpture and looked at the exhibit, the rain had stopped and we went outside to have another look. Then we took a drive to see the wildlife, dear, buffaloes, donkeys, etc. We met up with the Grays in Hill City where we enjoyed a steak dinner with Brent's aunt and uncle.

Kelsey, Brent, and Charis went back to the cabin with Sharon and Autumn and Chuck and I returned to our camp. The sky was clear, the wind had died, the stars were beautiful and so was our fire. We sat up for a long time enjoying conversation and so happy that the rain had stopped. We looked forward to a good night's sleep. At about two a.m., the rain started and didn't stop until sometime near noon. Both of us wanted to get up and relieve ourselves and waited for the rain to let up. It just didn't. When we did get up later, I peeked into Brent's tent to see the lake. I'd say it was more rain catcher than shelter. We grabbed breakfast stuff and headed to the cabin to eat and dry out.

The plan for Sunday was a visit to Wind Cave. What can I say. It was dark, cavy, not all that impressive. After lunch, Chuck and I took a drive on Needles Highway, through beautiful scenery and narrow tunnels. That night we had the big roasted weenie cookout at the cabin, with s'mores. We all slept in the cabin that night.

Sally, Autumn, Sharon, Kelsey
 
Campfire at the cabin.
 
Tunnel on Needles Highway, 8'4" wide.
 
How would you like to find a buffalo in your front yard?
 
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2 comments:

Unknown said...

My fav pic is of the four ladies! How I'll miss seeing Autumn and Sharon! And I'll miss that one big buffalo that lived by the cabins.

Yia Yia said...

I wished they lived closer to us. Autumn and Sharon, not the buffalos. But it would be pretty exciting to look out the window and see a big buff munching our grass.