Mt. Rushmore

We got up early this morning and enjoyed our coffee down by the lake. It doesn't get much better than this - temperature 67 degrees!
We took the scenic byway through Custer State Park - about 70 miles - to Mt. Rushmore and back today. The weather was glorious and the scenery was beautiful - alpine hills and meadows. The road is hilly with many "S" curves and has several one way tunnels. As you pass through one of them you can see Mt. Rushmore in the distance.
We toured the monument sight and saw the movie about how the presidents faces were carved in the mountainside and were amazed at how well they are sculpted - especially their eyes! We ate our picnic lunch at "Breezy Point" in the Black Hills - reminded us of all the scenic, fun picnics we had with Dave & Marion and Bill & AnnaLee when we drove around Lake Superior last year.
Sylvan Lake is a lovely little alpine lake surrounded by rocky out croppings. We hiked to the dam and back.
There is a herd of buffalo in Custer State Park - they estimate around 1,300 - and we saw about 500 of them on the Wildlife Loop Road on our way home. They are huge and I don't remember hearing them grunt before - really loud! They were not the least bit bothered by all the traffic and cameras!
Relaxing and enjoying our pretty camp site tonight - grilling steaks and chillin'!