The Long Road to Colorado

End Mileage in Littleton, CO: 81489 (432 Miles)

We left our nice cozy hotel room in Rapid City, South Dakota Tuesday morning and headed off to check out Mount Rushmore. We had breakfast at the monument and then went to check out the carvings. They’re pretty cool to see, but really not much different than looking at them in a picture. Regardless, it’s cool to be able to say that we’ve been there.

The black hills, in which Mount Rushmore resides, are incredibly beautiful. We drove up Iron Mountain road, a twisting track up the mountain of the same name. There are three short tunnels on the mountain which were intended to frame the view of Mount Rushmore. Leah, needless to say, went through about 3 rolls of film yesterday.

We took a road out of South Dakota and into Wyoming called route 16a. This included a scenic drive through Custer state park. All the way through we had Bison running in front of our car, antelope dashing around, and had to stop and wait for a donkey to cross the road.

Once we hit Wyoming, the drive became incredibly boring. For miles and miles on I-25, as far as the eye can see, there is nothing but dusty farmland. This goes on for about 4 hours. If you can help it, avoid taking this southbound route through Wyoming. It’s tough to stay interested.

Once we hit Colorado, it was a short jaunt to Denver and Littleton. We arrived at Leah’s friend Amy’s place around 5 pm. We’ll be spending two days chillin here, and then we’re of to New Mexico.

Mark is about to shave the beard by the way. He has an interview on Monday in Tucson, AZ, so he needs to look presentable. No big loss. He was about to resort to facial Rogaine. Take a look at the final beard update pic. Don’t feel bad about laughing, we don’t J