Mount Rushmore

We got to Rapid City on Sunday. It was pretty chilly, but after a day on the bus we were all ready to walk around the town. All that is except Colin. He was exhausted from the trip and school on the bus and decided that he needed a night in the room by himself. John, Q, Sue, Mikey, and I decided to try the Firehouse Brewing Co. for dinner. The town was all decorated in lights for Christmas and was really charming. We enjoyed our dinner and found that most of the cast and crew decided on the same restaurant. I ordered take out for Colin and after stopping at the grocery store for a few things, we headed back to the hotel. I found Colin in the same position as when I left him-laying on his bed on the computer!
The next day the boys had school and then we all enjoyed the indoor swimming pool and hot tubs. There was a show Monday night for a large audience at the convention center right across the street from the hotel. The boys and John had to go a little early to rehearse for Christmas caroling (They are going Christmas caroling at a few of our stops along the way. The first one will be at a nursing home in Niceville, FL) Sue and I took advantage of our extra time at the hotel downstairs where they were serving complimentary drinks and popcorn! Afterwards we walked to the theatre to watch Act I and then look after Spencer so Clare could get some work done. He is such a sweetheart, everyone adores him. He loved watching all of the castmembers going on to and off the stage. He waved to most of them as they walked by, and everyone waved and played with him on their way. The best part was when Rhiannon came up to us in her low cut red dress. Spencer pointed to her chest and said "MMMMMMMMMMM" Needless to say he is still breastfeeding lol!
The next morning we all got up and headed to Mount Rushmore. We were all so excited to see such an incredible site. It really is amazing to think that people actually were able to carve these faces into the mountain. We watched a movie that described how Mount Rushmore was made. They used dynamite to blow off the top soft layer of the mountain before carving the faces of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson. We all were totally in awe by the sight of this.
Chaz's secret santa wrote a note to him to have him do the shoopoopi at Mt Rushmore in order to get his gift. He did it just as we were getting ready to leave and everyone truly enjoyed it. Chaz played Marcellus in his theater company's Music Man. Mikey, who played Winthrop with the same theatre company jumped in and accompanied Chaz in his dance! He definitely earned his secret santa gift that day!
We rode all day today on the bus to St Joseph Missouri and will be heading out tomorrow for a stopover in Memphis Tennessee.
I'll write more later
Missy