On our drive out to Washington for the Swift family reunion, we extended our drive by a couple hours so that we could get another high point to add to our map. On the second day of our drive we stopped at Black Elk Peak, the highest point in South Dakota with an elevation of 7,244. The hike was not too bad, but it took a while for us to do it. Especially once we let the kids walk on the way back down.
This one was really cool because at the top, there was a stone tower that used to be used for a wildfire look out.
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| Those girls walk out right as I took the picture, but I didn't get any others. |
There were also so incredible views all along the hike. They say that on clear days you can see four different states from the top. Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, and of course South Dakota. It was a pretty cloudy when we went, and even rained a little, so I have no idea if we saw any of them other than South Dakota.
We took a little break at the top and let the kids explore the tower a little.
This is all of us together at the top of our 5th high point! Now that we have five, we finally feel like we're real high pointers!
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