Coast Swap: Minneapolis MN + Mt. Rushmore SD + Devil's Tower WY

Minneapolis MN 

April 4, 2013

1599 miles

43° sunny, snow patches

Gas $3.65

We visited Vicki and Steve in Minneapolis for a night. They were kind to let Clementine stay over, though their two cats informed her that she ranked low in the household hierarchy. Clementine had fun playing with daughter Dominika, a junior in high school. Lukas is a senior this year, and was on spring break with family friends in Florida.

Steve finished remodeling their master bathroom. We loved the antique dresser converted into a sink! After we left, Stephen wanted to visit another remodeled house from HGTV's "Rehab Addict." Host Nicole Curtis bought this condemned house for $1 and remodeled it in three months. 

Mt. Rushmore SD 

April 5, 2013

2258 miles

63° sunny

This was Stephen's first time to see Mt. Rushmore. Ginger attended Rushmore Music Camp here during junior high and high school, and seeing it again brought back good memories of performing patriotic songs at the amphitheater at the memorial.

Devil's Tower WY

April 5, 2013

2398 miles

50° light rain

Devil's Tower had a walking path around it about an hour long. There was a light rain, but we enjoyed the walk with Clementine. The tower was once an underground magma extrusion, but many years eroded and exposed it.