July 22 - Monday hiking in Custer State Park and Crazy Horse light show

A challenging hike was the mission today. We had read a lot about the Sunday Gulch Yrail so we decided we needed to try it. 

What a diverse 4 mile trail through Custer State park. We climbed over boulders, jumped across several streams, heard woodpeckers doing their Morse code, saw a mule deer, and climbed more borders to exit the trail at Lake Sylvan. 

This is the beginning. 

The deer we saw. 


Wildflowers 




The railing to climb over rocks. 







Some of us were really bushed. Lenny feel asleep immediately after we had a little lunch. 

We decided to drive the Needles highway again going the opposite way with all its twists and turns and tunnels. When we came through one of the tunnels, we could see the faces of Mount Rushmore. 

For the evening we went to see the light show at Crazy Horse.