Day 18

It's 10 and i have to go to bed :(. Apparently the mall of america closes at 7 on sundays so i'm going to try to make it on the road at 5 am! WOOOO. Yesterday was about 15 hours of driving. After leaving Idaho, i stopped in Jackson Hole, WY. It was so cute!! It was such a little ski town with great shops and people. Then i headed through the Grand Teton Forest. The Tetons were amazing, but the hour drive of the same thing was getting on my nerves a bit. Then i entered Yellowstone. I stuck to the east side so my driving could be a limited amount. I saw the Grand Canyon of the park, a waterfall, hot springs, and yup i think that's about it. there wasn't much wildlife. there wasn't really much at all. it was still cool though. then i drove through cody which was this ridiculously western town in wyoming. apparenlty the fake gun fights don't start until june but i still stopped to eat dinner at a western saloon where some man was singing country music. i can't believe saloons actually exist and these towns really look like the old west. i woke up this morning and headed to South Dakota. It was a real overcast and rainy, but that's alright. I stopped by Crazy Horse Memorial. It's nuts how long it's going to take to finish the whole carving. Then i went to Mt. Rushmore which was really awesome. You cant get anywhere even close to it, but the 1/16th sized model in their visitors center was big enough. The eyes are my favorite part. I didn't have time to go to Custer State Park, but i did go to Bear USA! Sure it was like a zoo and all the animals were a bit sedated, but i loved that bears were walking around! They were right beside the cars and i loved it. I was running too late for the gold mine tour and the president sculpture park which was a dissapointment, but i like my hotel! It's this little western styled room in Deadwood. I love the town, there's casinos in total western style all up the main street. Unfortunately i'm by myself and want to go to bed, so it isn't nearly as fun as it could be.