This year for our vacation we wanted to go somewhere we hadn't been before, but also somewhere that wasn't too far away so that we could just drive and not fly. We decided that the perfect place was to drive to South Dakota and go see Mount Rushmore. We left on Wednesday, June 22nd and came home on Saturday the 25th. Ben and I both happened to have all those days off at the same time so it was a perfect time to go. The only thing I was sad about was missing our 10 year high school reunion. It was that same weekend. 10 years! Are we really that old!?
We got up super early Wednesday morning in hopes that Brooklyn would sleep for at least half the drive. She slept the first 2 hours, woke up and ate, then slept for another 2 hours. The rest of the time she was awake, but she was an angel the whole way. We didn't hear a peep from her. It took us about 8 hours to get there. We stayed in the town of Hill City, SD which is about 13 miles from Mt. Rushmore. We went and checked into our hotel and then headed over to "Old MacDonald's Farm." I wanted to go somewhere that Brooklyn could run around and have fun at because we had been in the car all day. It's a little petting zoo, that I knew Brooklyn would love, and boy did she love it! She was in heaven! She got right in the pens with all the animals and wasn't scared of them at all. Her face in all these pictures says it all.
After the petting farm, we went to Flying T's for a BBQ dinner and show. The food was delicious, although Ben and I had to take turns eating and chasing a one year old. What we saw of the cowboy singers was great too, but we left about halfway through because Brooklyn had had enough for the day. She was so tired, so we decided to head back to the hotel and call it a day. I think we were all in bed and asleep by 9:00 that night! That never happens!
This was her the next morning...still so tired!
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