July 21, 2011 - Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park

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Thursday, July 21

began in Rapid City. Visited Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park again. Back to Rapid City
Weather:
  Lows: Rapid City: 62; Mount Rushmore: 62 
  Highs: Rapid City: 87; Mount Rushmore: 88; Wind Cave National Park: 93
Hikes/Walks: 2.5 miles
1.5 miles: Mount Rushmore
0.6 miles: Sylvan Lake
0.4 miles: Blue Bell Area of Custer State Park

We went back to Mount Rushmore this morning to see the lighting earlier in the day than our previous visit.

Then back to Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park

Another area I wanted to explore again was the Blue Bell area of Custer State Park that I had visited in May 2008 on a storm chase vacation. Being later in the season than my previous May visit, it wasn't exactly as I remembered it, but still gave some good photo ops.

We took one more evening drive along the Wildlife Loop Drive, where the antelope (er, rather, pronghorn) play.