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sightseeing day

erin

Aug 6, 2020 — 2 min read

Wednesday we hit the popular South Dakota sightseeing spots. First up... Mount Rushmore. I really need to get the girls to wear sunglasses again.... at least for pictures.

Next stop... Custer State Park wildlife loop.

Emma REALLY wanted to feed the wild donkeys. I was a little worried we wouldn't see them this time, but we found them. Whew!

Olivia just wanted to hug every single one of them.

We also found our second herd of buffalo on this trip.

Our last stop... Needles Highway.

On our last trip 3 years ago we didn't make it to the end of Needles Highway because an RV tried to get through this tunnel... and got stuck. Luckily no one tried that funny business this trip and we got to do the whole thing.

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