TRIP - DAY 15

The cousins and I got up early to get on the road to go see Jewel Cave National Park. I've been excited about going into a cave since planning this trip. I was hoping to go into Wind Cave National Park which is the better of the two cave tours, but Wind Cave is closed for the summer to install a new elevator. Jewel Cave is where we went. 

To do the cave tour you have to ride down in an elevator, walk down many steps and be okay being underground. It didn't bother any of the three of us. The cave was very interesting and I got to be the caboose. The caboose is the last person in the line that is supposed to not leave the area until everyone else is in front of me. I took my caboose job very seriously. 

From there we went to the Badlands again. This time the weather was much nicer no strong winds to blow you over. It was such a nice day that we decided to do a hike. The hike included climbing up and down this ladder made out of branches and chords. 

You can see the ladder in two of the photos. But neither one shows you how steep the ladder is.

It was a fabulous hike and I enjoyed myself very much. The cousins were so much fun to go in the cave with and then to go to Badlands National Park with. 

After the park, the RV tech was supposed to come back and install a new fan. We were running late and he realized he got the wrong fan so everything was canceled. But now it was late so the cousins and I went to Olive Garden for dinner. It turns out that Olive Garden has absolutely nothing I can eat except salad and special breadsticks that do not have garlic. Because said they enjoyed their dinner. 

When we got back to the RVs around 8:30 at night it was time to say goodbye. I was leaving very early the next morning. Off to The Rocky Mountains National Park. 

Until tomorrow...