Dinosaur Park...Reptile Gardens..."The Cosmos"

We knew for about 2 months that Blair was going to have the Friday through Monday off over Memorial Day weekend. We decided it would be fun to make a mini-vacation out of it. At the time Mount Rushmore was only about 5 hours away (we ended up moving 2 hrs closer a month before we went so it worked out even better for us). Blair had never been and it had been a loooong time since I had so we decided it would be the place to go. We shot a text out to both our families and told them what our plans were and if anyone wanted to join us. Well we actually got a lot of takers. Blair's Dad and Carla came, Lyann and Evan and kids, Peter and Wendy and kids. My parents and grandmother came and brought my two nieces with them. It was going to be crazy but fun! Friday afternoon most of us arrived and the weather was pretty gloomy, rainy, and slightly cold. We had lunch, checked into our hotels, chatted, laid out some tentative plans for our trip, and then headed to the dinosaur park. 

DINOSAUR PARK-FRIDAY

 After the dinosaur park we tried to go visit some caves but they ended up being hard to find and one wasn't even open. So after a lot of driving and getting nowhere we decided to call it a day and head to dinner. After dinner we hit the hotel pool, visited a lot, and then went to bed.

REPTILE GARDENS- Saturday

 Statton loved petting the boa constrictor. Even Madison liked petting it. (I will never buy my child a snake)

 The Giant Tortoises were pretty cool and so fun.

"THE COSMOS"-SATURDAY

 I had never heard of "The Cosmos" it was something Blair had mentioned to me because the guys at work had mentioned it was a fun place to go see. It's this place where a cabin is built into the side of a mountain and the natural gravity for some reason is out of sync. Balls roll up hill, there are flat pieces of wood you walk on and you get taller. Kind-of a weird place but fun to see.

 Here is Statton standing on the wall. It feels like you are leaning way far out there but you're actually standing up straight. It's weird.

 Here we are goofing off in the gift shop with some hats waiting for the rest of our group to get through with their tours.

This was pretty much our last activity of the day. We went over to Cabela's and looked around a bit and then headed over to Dave's Famous BBQ for dinner. Went and did some more swimming and then hit the sheets for the night.