Now that we've completed out little tour of national parks along the Rockies, we are on our way east. Of course we had to stop and see Mt. Rushmore, which was actually really cool. And for the first time since we started the trip, we acted like the cheesy tourists. We took lots of dumb pictures, read all the facts about Mt. Rushmore, and bought ice cream because apparently Thomas Jefferson wrote the first ice cream recipe.
We also saw Crazy Horse, the Native American's competition to Mt. Rushmore. Apparently when it will be finished it will be around 14 times the size of Mt. Rushmore or something like that. And I'm sure it would be a lot more exciting if we actually got to get closer to the carving.
Our favorite stop of the day though was Bear Country! It's basically a hardcore zoo combined with a safari with every legit animal from elk to mountain goats to Arctic and gray wolves to reindeer to bison to pumas and LOTS more. And of course the main attraction: lots and lots of black bears (and two grizzly bears). You had to stay in your car and just drive through this huge habitat, but there also was this little baby exhibit at the end where you could go up and see all the baby animals. It was pretty much the funnest thing we've done all week and by the time we left I wanted to take a bear home.
Now that we've completed out little tour of national parks along the Rockies, we are on our way east. Of course we had to stop and see Mt. Rushmore, which was actually really cool. And for the first time since we started the trip, we acted like the cheesy tourists. We took lots of dumb pictures, read all the facts about Mt. Rushmore, and bought ice cream because apparently Thomas Jefferson wrote the first ice cream recipe. 
We also saw Crazy Horse, the Native American's competition to Mt. Rushmore. Apparently when it will be finished it will be around 14 times the size of Mt. Rushmore or something like that. And I'm sure it would be a lot more exciting if we actually got to get closer to the carving. 
Our favorite stop of the day though was Bear Country! It's basically a hardcore zoo combined with a safari with every legit animal from elk to mountain goats to Arctic and gray wolves to reindeer to bison to pumas and LOTS more. And of course the main attraction: lots and lots of black bears (and two grizzly bears). You had to stay in your car and just drive through this huge habitat, but there also was this little baby exhibit at the end where you could go up and see all the baby animals. It was pretty much the funnest thing we've done all week and by the time we left I wanted to take a bear home.
I like the picture of Alex next to the mountain, He looks very regal. Love isa
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