To the faces!!!

The last weekend of July we decided to take a short trip to South Dakota with some of my family. We went with my aunt and uncle, Dave and Pam Bolin, my cousin and his wife, Dan and Lynn Bolin and my cousin and his fiance (also a good friend of mine) James Bolin and Nicole Matlack. We started our trip off in Mitchell at the Corn Palace. In the "Acting Corny" picture it is me, Anthony, James, and Nicole.



We then stopped in Chamberlain to spend the night, but not before enjoying the beautiful view.

The next day we continued to head west. We went to see the famous faces. Anthony, Nicole, and I have never seen Mt. Rushmore.

After touring around the faces, we headed to Wall Drug. For the those of you who don't know about Wall Drug, it became a famous store because of its free ice water. When the store first opened, the owners we having a hard time getting business. They came up with the idea to give away free ice water to anyone who came to their store. This was a big attraction for those we were traveling west, and the store is a big tourist attraction now.

We camped in the Badlands Saturday night. It would have been a lot of fun if it wasn't for all of the mosquitoes. I ended up with over 100 bites, no exaggeration. The next morning we climbed around the Badlands before heading towards home.


For our one last adventure we stopped in Sioux Falls for a short break from riding in the van. It was a good stop because we got to see another example of God's amazing artistry.