South Dakota - Campground - Day 6

Because we are planning to head back home starting tomorrow, we stayed at the campground. We first had to introduce Daddy to the campground pancakes. This time, Collin wanted only the caramel roll because he liked it so much. Daddy and I had the pancakes. Daddy ate all of his and wanted more. The pancakes are all-you-can-eat. If you want more, you have to catch the pancake as its being thrown by the cook over the counter. Daddy did great and caught both of the ones thrown to him. Other people were not so lucky. After breakfast, we left the tent and starting hiking. Collin was excited because he wanted to climb more rocks. He got to climb at least five of them but that was not enough. Daddy and I wanted to keep walking around to find some cool trails. All Collin wanted to do was climb rocks. As we were hiking, we saw people riding around in a four-person ATV. They looked a lot of fun so we headed back to camp to rent one. We had to wait two hours until the next one was available so we had lunch and took a nap because the ATV rental was for four hours.

Cool rock near the campground

Collin wanted to pick up every dandelion.  This was a great picture of him showing me that you have to have 2 dandelions to make the things blow off better.  He was right.

The ATV was a lot of fun! Collin did not like wearing the helmet and wanted to know why he had to and we did not. He did not like the answer that it was because he was under 16 years old. Daddy and I sat in the front and Collin sat in the back. For over two hours, we road across the trails. Some were really rocky and bumpy and others where smooth. The scenery was beautiful the entire time we were out. Along the way, we did see deer and cows. The cows stood along the road and were not scared of us at all. I had enough so the boys dropped me off at the RV. They went back out for another hour while I relaxed and read.

He was not thrilled at first but had a great time.  I think the helmet was hurting his ears.

Daddy looked like this the entire time....especially when we were going fast!

Collin is "driving" now.  I am scared!

This cow was not bothered by us being there.

Most of the roads looked like this.  There were several rocky ones...impossible to take a picture of those because it was so bouncy.

When they got back, Collin was ready to go again. He has been non-stop the entire trip. Go, go, and go! After a few days, we are getting warn out with his energy and not wanting to stop. But….we were on vacation and wanted to do things as a family. So……we went golfing. Yep, for, oh….I don't know…the 12th time. We played two rounds and then headed back to the RV for dinner. Our plan was to see Mt. Rushmore at night because we heard great things about it. However, when we heard the tour was 3 1/2 hours including the shuttle trip….Daddy and I looked at each other and said, "no way!" We would get home after 10pm and Collin was a little whiny this afternoon. I was not ready for over 3 hours of whining.

We watched the camp movie showing, The Lion King. After that was over, we bought some ice cream and then went back to the RV. We were all pooped from the long, activity-filled day.

We are back on the road tomorrow headed back home. Hard to believe our trip is almost over.