Panhandle-South Dakota Trip Page 2

Left Chadron early heading north to Hot Springs South Dakota.

The hot springs waterfall got our attention so we had to stop.

Of course there is a Earthcache type geocache here.
We had to get information from this plaque to complete the cache.

Gazebo with water fountain.
The water was warm coming out and tasted okay.

It says:  "Kidney Springs" in small rocks

View of buildings across the creek from the Kidney Springs gazebo.

Mary had to feel the warm water running down the creek on
this 37 degree morning.

Water fall from hot springs up above

Warm water makes the moss grow year round

Buffalo along the road at Wind Cave National Park

More buffalo along the highway

We decided not to stop and read the plaques here as the
buffalo were using it for a scratching post.

Entering the Black Hills National Forest

Some areas had a lot of burned trees.

Lots of rock formations along the road

Pringle South Dakota Bike graveyard we saw from the highway
and had to turn in.  There is a geocache here but we
couldn't find it.  Too many places to hide.

Old barn along the highway

Mary always likes new trees being planted.

Interesting building in Custer South Dakota

We stopped and found a geocache outside of the Crazy Horse
Memorial.  Decided we didn't want to spend $24.00 to visit
since we didn't want to spend a lot of time here.

Trees along the road in the Black Hills National Forest.

Sylvan Lake.  To complete the cache we would have had to walk around
the lake and collect information.  The wind chill was below freezing
so we decided to skip it this trip.

Beautifil scenery at Sylvan Lake.

Pull off along the highway near the Needles Eye.

View down the valley from the parking area.

The Needles Eye.

We needed information from this sign to complete the geocache.

One of the tunnels we drove through.

Another pulloff at the Cathedral Spires.

Collecting information to complete a geocache.

The Cathedral Spires.

Finding another geocache along the road.

Mountain goat at Mount Rushmore

Expensive lunch at Mount Rushmore

Mary talking to Megan after lunch below Mount Rushmore.

A nice couple took pictures on our camera for us.
We did the same for them.

The museum at Mount Rushmore

We had to collect information from the museum to complete
the geocache at Mount Rushmore.

A scale model of Mount Rushmore during construction.

Iron Mountain Road southeast of Mount Rushmore.
These are called pigtail bridges.  They wind their way up
the mountain instead of having to drive back and forth across
the face of the mountain.

All the tunnels were one lane only.

Geocache along the road.

Mary in her pink coat waiting for Jerry to hike back after finding
the geocache across the valley.

Getting closer to Mary in her pink coat.

A lookout point along the road.  We could see Mount
Rushmore three miles away.

Mount Rushmore in the background.

Interesting rock formations along the road.

Jerry going after the geocache just down the hill.

View from below

Finding another geocache along the road.

Another tunnel with a geocache nearby.

View of Mount Rushmore through the tunnel

Mount Rushmore from three miles away

Parts of the Iron Mountain highway are split to go around trees.

Road coming back together.

Keystone South Dakota

Finding another geocache near the highway tunnel

Red rocks along the highway to Rapid City South Dakota

Sun Dial in a park in Rapid City South Dakota.
Needed this picture to complete a geocache.

Trying to tell what time is was from the Sun dial.
It was an hour and a half off.

Beautiful flowes at the park.

A portion of the Berlin Wall that was brought to Rapid City
to make this memorial at a local park.  We needed
this picture to complete another geocache.