South Dakota: Day 3
Yesterday we spent the middle of the day at Custer State Park. The hike up to Lovers Leap started with a steep trail through the woods and ended by crossing over a creek many times. The woods here are green from top to bottom, unlike Illinois or Tennessee where deciduous trees create a canopy, limiting light from above, and cover the group with their leaves. The experience has the honor of being my favorite hike. (We’ll see if the Badlands can top it today.)
After our hike we had lunch at the State Game Lodge and drove around Wildlife Loop Road. We saw a buffalo, pronghorns, burros, and prairie dogs. The beautiful landscape was probably more entertaining than seeing animals 0.25 miles from the road.
Lastly, we drove up Mt. Coolidge to see the spectacular views from the fire tower. From there we could see Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore, iconic Custer State Park formations, and Badlands National Park. The road up the mountain was narrow, rocky, and without guard rails. Holly didn’t have any problem asking me to drive up it.
We ended our day with pizza and Inception.
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