~The Great American Road Trip, South Dakota~

We have started a new summer tradition! We enjoyed our first of many to come, family road trip!!!

Badlands

Mea's favorite surprise of the trip was fossil searching in these deep canyons!

Our little paleontologists!

Wall Drug

Hank had his picture taken with this cowboy 25 years ago!

Mount Rushmore

Museums Galore!

Mea was so excited to meet her favorite dinosaur T-Rex!

Fossil digging

Reptile Gardens

The worlds largest reptile collection! Absolutely incredible!

Sky dome filled with over 50,000 flower species.

Home to largest collection of tropical birds.

Maniac, America's largest croc.

Methusela 127 year old tortoises! She was so sweet!

Prehistoric fossils

Black Hills Railroad

We all loved the sound of the vintage steam train!

Black Hills Railroad

Henry's surprise was a two hour open car train ride through the mountains! It was soo beautiful!