Our trip to the Black Hills

We went on a mini vacation out to the Black Hills a few weeks ago. It worked out nice because we had a few free nights at a hotel in Deadwood. We decided to do all the "tourist" things like ride the 1880 train and go to the Petting Zoo and Bear Country. As you can see here, we all enjoyed the train ride except for little RoRo. It was nap time and we managed to get him to fall asleep on part of the ride.



Here is Kennedy holding a baby chick. That was her favorite part of the Petting Zoo... even more than the pony rides.

The Petting Zoo had a little train ride (well it was a few barrels turned into cars pulled by a lawnmower) and the kids loved that too!

Here is Kennedy with the cows.

Here is Rowan on the slide at the playground. That was his favorite part of the Petting Zoo. Bit of a waste I think.

Here she is on one of her pony rides. It was pretty uneventful since they just walk around in a circle for a few minutes, but she seemed to like it.

They got to go play with sheeps and goats in their pen. Rowan was a bit afraid but warmed up to them after a while.

Kennedy loved it in the pen. She just ran up and petted everything in site.

In Deadwood they got to watch the gunfights and ride the trolley which they liked too. Then on the last day we went to the big waterpark in Rapid City. I think it was a bit overrated but we still had alot of fun. All in all it was a nice little vacation that we desperately needed since the minute we got home all we did was yardwork.... but at least we have all of our rock laid now. I'll have to post a picture of that because I think we hold the award for the most rock in a yard.