Grant talks about a bear running in front of the car

Jonathan talks about geysers!

Jonathan talks about seeing a bear

Grant talks about seeing goats

More pics...

Still having to make due with facebook pics. More are up at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2026117&id=1072801291&saved#/photos.php?id=1072801291

We went to the 1880s Train (too wet for real pics), Bear Country (the boys loved it), Wall Drug, and the Badlands yesterday. To me, the Badlands have been the highlight of the trip so far. It truly is God's country. I think I could spend years just looking at it and trying to soak up everything. Unfortunately, we showed up at dusk (that is when the best views are supposed to be) and we cut short by storms which made dark come more quickly.

Photos up on Facebook

The internet connection here at the campground is too flaky to be able to upload full-res photos on flickr, but I did manage to get some uploaded to Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/mr6eeb

We're having a great time and are trying to strike a balance between seeing everything worth seeing and not trying to squeeze too much in. Time is flying and the miles are piling up (I think around 1500 miles since Sunday night so far).

Jonathan reacts to seeing Mount Rushmore

Jonathan sees Mount Rushmore for the first time

Grant reacts to the Badlands

Grant just saw the Badlands for the first time.

Jonathan is excited about the vacation coming up

Here's our path!

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