After a very long drive, we pulled into Rapid City late at night for basically a quick overnight stay, then we stopped by Mount Rushmore on our way home. At this point, we are ready to head home, so we aren't spending a lot of time sightseeing, as we've also already spend a couple of cumulative weeks here.

We did stop by Mitchell, South Dakota, which is home to the Corn Palace, one of those strange roadside attractions you see on TV. It's a building completely covered in corn of all types and colors. They were closed, so we didn't go inside, but we did get a good idea from the outside of the building.

We also discovered that late season and early morning visits to Mt. Rushmore have advantages...free parking and NO people. We basically had the whole place to ourselves. We took a look around, picked up some post cards, and we were off. The only downside is that the sculptor's studio was closed, but since we've been in there before, it wasn't a huge deal.

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