Our original intention was to leave our bikes at one of the trailheads on the Needles Highway in Custer State Park, drive up the highway to the end of that trail to another trailhead, start hiking there, end up at our bikes and ride down to the trailhead to our car at the second trailhead. HOWEVER, our trail map was inaccurate as we luckily found out from a park employee. The trails we wanted to hike did not connect, so we had to change our plans. It worked out well. We hiked two trails, both having "strenuous" ratings due to steep, rocky areas. The second trail was the most difficult because we had to rock scramble up it, but well worth the effort. That's Merle on the top of it in the picture above and here I am. It's actually quite high off of the ground - it's advisable to stay away from the edges.
It was very invigorating and we were high on endorphins - a very good kind of high. Read about other activities that release endorphins and make you feel GOOD! We are becoming endorphin addicts.Here's a picture of the Mount Rushmore guys I downloaded from Google Images.
Believe it or not, I did not get a good picture of this stony faced foursome - ? Hey, wait a minute. What the heck? That Merle, he is such a ham.At the lighting ceremony we attended last evening, I took several pictures, but it was dark (it WAS a lighting ceremony...), so my exposure was way off. I should have had a tripod with me. I was right about the patriotic boo-hoo factor of the ceremony. It was very touching.
Well, it's late - we're pooped, so this is a nice short one. Good night.
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