An interesting trip marred by us both having bad colds, or worse. Still managed to see what we came for. Highlights were a helicopter ride over Mount Rushmore and surrounds, the Needles highway, a visit to the Badlands National Park and the Mammoth Site at Hot Springs. After a long drive to beautiful Red Lodge, visiting Devils Tower on the way, we took a breathtaking drive over the Beartooth Highway, the highest highway in North America, to Yellowstone National Park. This was our second visit to the park and it didn’t disappoint, with some of the geysers being extra active and a bear appearing near the side of the road.