September 5

We spent a wonderful morning touring Mt Rushmore. We walked the Presidents Trail and hit the visitors center and sculptors studio. https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm
After having lunch in Keystone we headed back to Custer SP to hike the Little Devil's Tower trail. This was easily our favorite hike so far this year. It started off fairly easy and ended with a scramble over boulders and through granite rock clefts with a final grunt up to the peak. We were rewarded with jaw dropping views of Cathedral Spires, the Black Elk Wilderness and the backside of Mt Rushmore.Read more