Saturday, May 31, 2025

Mt Rushmore

 The night before we stopped at Walmart for some car snacks and Kefford also bought an air mattress for me to use while we slept in the car. We drove until late and then stopped at a rest stop for some rest. The front seats of the car fold down flat and so we put mine down and then blew up the air mattress. It was a very tight fit and I was very close to the ceiling but it wasn't a bad spot for me. Kefford on the other hand tried sleeping in the drivers seat and it did not go so well for him. he could not get comfortable and my air mattress was severely invading his space. We decided that for night two we were going to get a hotel room. But in the meantime we found that by going a couple of hours out of our way we could go see Mt Rushmore which was exciting to both of us. First though we passed by Chicago and I took a picture of the skyline as we drove by on the freeway. It would have bene kind of cool to have stopped in the city but we had a destination and didn't want to spend the time stopping.

As we were getting closer to Mt Rushmore we kept seeing so many billboards advertising something called Wall Drug. We should have counted how many billboards we passed because it seriously was an insane amount and after seeing so many I looked it up and found that it was a pretty big tourist destination so we decided to make a stop there. It was basically a giant drug store with so many rooms and things to see. It had a restaurant and Kefford and I both got burgers and fries to go. There were some fun things to see and it was worth the quick stop.


Finally we made it to Mt Rushmore and it was the most beautiful and peaceful spot. I loved it and wished we could have spent more time exploring and seeing all the area had. it would be fun to do a family trip back some day and go camping. I loved seeing Mt Rushmore in person, it was smaller then expected but still majestic and impressive. One of the highlights of our trip.


As we were driving away Kefford had me take a picture of the backside of the monument.

That night we stayed at a motel in Casper Wyoming. It was not amazing but it was a place to sleep and we got free breakfast which is always a plus. We got our room key and went up to our room, upon opening the door we found it to be already occupied and had to go back down to tell the receptionist who apologized and gave us a new room. That could have been super awkward but luckily the guy in the room was just watching tv.