Sioux Falls, South Dakota

One of the coldest places...EVER! Humid cold! Brrrrrr!
We were here checking out Great Bear Recreation Park. We ended up selling them 4 snowguns.

The Roo Ranch, Deadwood, South Dakota

They had a bunch of other animals inside too.

A zonkey (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zeasses, zeedonk (Z-Donk), zebadonk, zenkey, donbra, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.

Noah was the Wallaby whisperer!

This little buddy followed Noah around the place!

Six Grandfathers Mountain (Mt. Rushmore), South Dakota

We went, we saw. When we were there, I started feeling really, really guilty for giving them our $8 to get in! The way the land was acquired (if you would call it that) is terrible! I'm surprised that they tell the truth on the tour of how this land was taken from the Lakota Sioux indians! It's a disgusting part of the history of Six Grandfathers Mountain (Mt. Rushmore) that I did not learn about in school! The US Gov't later admitted that they unlawfully took the land from the Lakota Sioux indians, but instead of giving it back, they offered the them money, which they did not accept. The money was put aside in an account which grows larger and larger each year. Each year, the Lakota Sioux tribe votes on whether to take the money, and each year the majority says "no". Ugh! It's too bad that such an amazing monument has to be clouded with such a terrible history!

Hill City to Keystone, South Dakota

1880 train from Hill City to Keyston, South Dakota. It was a great ride!


Jason and Noah.

Noah doing the signals.

The sun was so warm that it made me take a snooze!