south dakota 6-a

thursday we insisted pat come with us as we headed out for a day's worth of exploring. we left her place and drove up and across on skyline drive, passing the dinosaurs on dinosaur hill, then took rockerville road, went on past mt rushmore, and stopped at the poet's cabin area. it was a beautiful day and we wandered through the trees -- this time i remembered to get a picture of the 'throne' (remember that, kids?).


it had actually been awhile since pat had visited the poet's cabin area...


and we spent the next 45 minutes looking around trying to figure out where, exactly, the cabin had stood...


nothing really shouted 'here i was' and it was evident the place was reverting to nature, with trees growing on rocks (nurse rocks?) and sproutlings everywhere...


isn't it a lovely area?