Conquering M-Hill

Made the girls climb M-Hill -- X on my back -- to see our family's names up there. Interested to see that they have groomed hiking trails all over the hill now.

You just might be able to make out the white M (and smaller D next to it, smaller S to left of M is obscured by trees) at the peak of the hill, in bare patch above tree-line.

Resting, taking in view (of Rapid City) from the D, where Drew, BIL, and I have our names. Before hiking back down, we walked over to the S to find AhPoh and FIL's names.

Dipped our tired, hot feet in ice cold Rapid Creek afterward. I was amazed at how swelled the creek is with all the rain we've been having. In our day, the creek was much much smaller, and there wasn't the handy bridge there is today.