Mt. Rushmore

Don't be fooled! I know they are called the Black Hills, but there are really large mountains hiding among them. One big one in particular is Mt. Rushmore! Yeah! We spent the morning biking from Rapid City up through beautiful pine forested spires to the visitor's center. One prideful mountain goat was waiting at the edge of the road to welcome us to the Park.
We also saw the Crazy Horse Memorial; the other mountain carved monument. Though it is not complete.
Today presented us with more total elevation gain than any single day of the trip to date. I don't recommend this section to people on bicycles...it's just ludicrous! But of course we are looking forward to biking more of the Black Hills tomorrow!
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