Day 2 : Trip to Rushmore and Yellow Stone National Park

Day 2 : Trip to Rushmore and Yellow Stone National Park

Morning we made some breakfast (chicken hot dogs, Egg burji and Coffee). While checking-in the guys found out there is not much to see in that area except Mt.Rushmore. (We wanted to go to badlands -but that was a 3 hour drive from where we stayed). We went to Mt.Rushmore (Black hills forest), the road from our campsite was interesting, with lot of single lane caves and wooden bridges, We took some long shot of Mt.Rushmore. Ed and Dhevi took up a tiny hike to get to the top of the cave to get a good view and lots of Photos. We took a break in another place on the way and did another tiny hike (You will see a lot of mention about photographs) Motto of the trip --See the beauty outside the lens and capture the beauty through the lens".












We reached Mt.Rushmore in the early evening. Mt.Rushmore was interesting and informative. We learned why the 4 presidents were selected and how their eyes were given life. The sculptures were so perfectly done, every feature so accurate. you need to see it to appreciate the works of the craftsmen. This was started as a private effort to draw more tourists to South Dakota, then due to a depression, federal sponsored 80% of the cost. Washington was choosen for his war to free America, Jefferson was choosen for expanding America (buying lands from Nepolean), Lincoln was choosen since he fought for the unity of the Nation and finally Roosevelt (decided at the last moment because of the space between Jefferson and Lincoln as more) for preservation of natural resources and forests. We got cell phone signal in Mt.RM and finally Dhevi got to wish Niha for her B'day.

Photo - mt RM- Get from Ed

Dhevi was so happy to see the Delaware flag, everyone crossing the flags said, "Delaware was the first state". We took a ranger tour and finished our lunch in the restuarant there. And at the end of the trail, we found out lot of people drink water;)

Photo: WaterBottles-Get from Ed's Laptop

There was an Indian tent with their rugs and things they use. And here's what all was done with Buffalo:) pretty amazing huh? We have heard about plantain and cows...and nothing was so exhaustive.







Dhevi got a big 4 scoops ice cream (2 scoops of strawberry cheescake and 2 scoops of heavenly hash) and Ed was running after a squirrel (hmm...it was cute....getting his/her own lunch)





While driving out guys wanted to stop for the sidepose of Washington, and Dhevi got pictures of their sidepose. There was a poor sheep with a little wool shaved off it's body (that's the first wild life of the trip).



Ed wanted to take us through the scenic route and we were searching with GPS help and the map we got at the campsite, that map led us to a place where they said we need to pay $12 to go through the road, after a small discussion we decided to pay, and really the place was not worth the 12$. We walked around the lake there and continued our journey (Ed refused to take that pass until we got back home). After finishing Dinner in a pizza place nearby we slept.