Black Hills Day 2 and a Rant/Apology from Moi

We will start off with my rant and apology. I have re-read my last few blogs and they are less than stellar, a little redundant and riddled with errors. So I apologize, I think lack of sleep and overall bitchiness is taking me over. Lately it is a good night if I get 5 - 5 1/2 hours of sleep and an hour nap. I AM A SLEEPER. This is killing me! Plus the baby has dropped- I never knew what that meant before, Gavin never dropped. So I had no idea the pain, OH THE PAIN. Like a bowling ball is sitting on my pelvis and at any minute my insides are going to shatter. That walking hurts, sitting hurts, EVERYTHING HURTS. It is almost easier to sleep on the couch, I don't need help to get on it like I do our bed. My bruiser son is looking a mess right now. He has a huge fat lip now and we finally got to look inside his mouth last night. It wasn't pretty, Greg was worried he may need stitches. Poor Monkey! Wow, just reading that I am once again all over the board. Oh well. 2 1/2 more weeks!
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Onto Day 2 of our trip! We decided to hit Mt. Rushmore first thing in the morning. It was a very cool morning, which was perfect for our plan of hiking to the "spot" for a better look. We even had the backpack all set for Gavin to ride in when he got tired. Unfortunately once we got there we were told the hiking trail was closed until noon (we got there about 9). The same with the next day, which was a bummer. Gavin really liked it overall, he was fascinated with the "men's faces".

After that we drove into Cussler National Park and on the Needles Highway. Which was very cool, there were several one lane tunnels that were fun to drive in. It was beautiful and we ended up at Sylvan Lake. We all needed to stretch our legs, so we walked around it and enjoyed the scenery. Gavin loved seeing all the fisherman/woman. He is very into fishing after that little stop.

Our day ended with us going back to the cabin, taking a snooze and then heading into Keystone for dinner. We sat outside (which we figured out on day 1 would keep Gavin occupied looking at all the motorcycles, etc.) at the Ruby House, which is an old whorehouse. It was a nice evening and we topped it off with buying fudge and ice cream before heading home.