and on to Mt Rushmore...

The thing that is constantly surprising me about this trip is that we planned to see all the main sites - the one's we are all familiar with Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, Rocky Mountains etc etc but we weren't prepared for all the other fabulous stuff there is to see along the way.


We left Yellowstone to drive to Mt Rushmore with a stop over at Buffalo to break up the journey. Along the way we saw Buffalo Bill Dam - built 1909

- http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/buffalo-bill-dam-wyoming

It was pretty impressive and the story of how they built it was incredible - no health and safety rules!

We drove on from here and I realised that we weren't too far from the sight of one of Hubby's fave films - Close Encounters of the Third kind - diversion duly made! On the way - however - we drove through the Bighorn National Forest which looked like this

then we arrived at this..

In the cafe staff told us there was a storm coming - being British we decided the threat of a bit of rain wasn't going to stop us walking round the Tower - #idiots

Mount Rushmore is one of those other places you feel you know so well - it did not disappoint. Hubby took 176 photos - I've just included the two (you're welcome!)

For the next part of our trip we drive through the Black Hills and Custer State Park on our way to The Rocky Mountains National Park.