Day 1 of our Wild West adventure

We drove along the Lewis and Clark trail through Omaha, Nebraska, and into South Dakota.  We saw lots of windmills and amber waves of grain.  Dad also liked seeing lots of prairie pothole ducks.  Our first stop was Badlands.  It was beautiful and HOT!  We saw our first pronghorn antelope and even a very large mountain goat.  There were lots of prairie dogs and bison, too.  The highlight was a hike up a very tall overlook. After the Badlands, we stopped at Wall drugstore and ate dinner.  We then headed to Mount Rushmore.  President Trump was in town, and we were not able to get into the park, so we drove Needles Highway with beautiful views and narrow stone tunnels to find some vantage points of Mount Rushmore.  We found three!  One was at sunset in a meadow, and the other two were off the highway with one being through a stone tunnel.  Mount Rushmore was beautiful all lit up at night, and we felt very patriotic listening to the President's speech about the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore.  We drove to Sheridan, Wyoming to spend the night, and we saw lots and lots of fireworks on the way.