Mt. Rushmore & Black Hills

Today was a nature day & I completely loved it. 

Of course I checked out Mt. Rushmore, but I was most excited to explore the Black Hills National Forrest/ Custer State Park area.

Beautiful Place

Walking the plank! 

Unfortunately the trail on Harney's Peak was going to be too rough to climb due to the snow, so I settled for a much smaller/flatter trail instead. I ended up doing a trail called Iron Creek which was about a 2 mile hike. It was a pretty flat trail but you did have to cross multiple streams. Those planks hand to be my favorite part. I attempted to clean the snow off from the wood to get safety across. A few times I just sort of said, forget it and quickly tip toed across. In all honestly I think the snow made the hike a lot more fun!

Snowy Trail

After some quality hiking I drove through the entire park to enjoy the scenery and the wildlife. I saw SO MANY prairie dogs! Which was awesome because I was a bit bummed I didn't see them at the bad lands. I must have saw at least 20 deer as well, but no buffalo. Sigh. Maybe they are waiting for me in Wyoming.

Really I don't have much to report on because today was really just about being present in nature. I did a lot of reflecting and gave myself an opportunity to just be. I don't think I do that enough even though I really try to.

All in all a great day. Excited to see whats next :)

xoxo

Becca