Day 18: Custer, South Dakota & Mt. Rushmore
Hey guys! It’s your favorite group of TWB… The
HAPPYS!!! We started our morning out at 6:30 and got onto the bus as fast as
possible. The Sleepy group provided us all with a lovely breakfast of cinnamon
or raspberry rolls with an apple and apple juice. On the bus, many were
entertained by ASMR provided by Luke S., which was later followed by yet
another episode of Luke’s Low-key Logic with the help from Dallas who has been demoted to co-host. Today, it consisted of interviews from
other bus riders inclduing Kenna, Josh, Ava G, Ava R, Ford and Nick. We used a book provided by Jo that is filled with 3,000 questions about their future. Man, was it
interesting! While the bus hosted their (somewhat) daily talkshow, the vans were entertained by Scout S. free-styling about how much
he loves his mom! There was also another song provided by Corbin A. about
getting pee on his shirt. We are all very confident that it will be a number 1
hit on the music charts soon!
We then made a stop at the best place in the world… Wally
World! The cooks bought the next three meals while others looked around for
some snacks. Cold and allergy medicine were also added to the mix because so
many of us were starting to feel a little sick or were trying to prevent it. Then came our traveling lunch of chicken
ranch wraps and they were delicious! Then we continued on our trip as well as
attempted to find other ways to occupy ourselves. Many slept while a few others
had some deep conversations with everyone around them.
Around 3:00 pm, we stopped at a park in order to prepare for our
next competition… a DANCE BATTLE! All groups had about 2 hours to come up
with the best coordinated dance they could to a mash-up of Timber and Old Town Road. Lets
just say, we became somewhat of a tourist attraction to the people of Custer.
The cooks then prepared an amazing sit-down dinner of walking tacos with all
the fixin’s. While cleaning up, we realized the sky was getting quite dark. And
right as everyone was loading the buses, it started POURING! Luckily, it was
over by the time we reached our next stop… Mount Rushmore!
Although there was construction, it was quite the sight!
After a quick group photo, many of us rushed to get ice cream before the line
got too long (even though Dallas told us there wasn’t any ice cream there). Others
went to look at the gift shop and bought the usual sticker or t-shirt and maybe a few souvenirs for their lucky friends and family back home.
On the way back to
our camp, the bus had a CRAZY dance party thanks to DJ Dallas. Everyone was singing their hearts
out to songs such as “Baby” by Justin Bieber, “Love Story” and “We Are Never Getting
Back Together” by Taylor Swift, and “Apple Bottom Jeans” by Flo Rida. Everyone got to show
off their amazing dance moves (the Happy group had the best J) and Luke S. crowd
surfed up and down the bus aisle twice! Needless to say, everyone would be
great at karaoke! Carolina Girl had a quick history lesson about the presidents on Mount Rushmore on their way back, since Will P., thought that Thomas Edison was one of the guys on the big rock.
As we arrived at the Custer YMCA for the night, some
participants presented their research and then we began to unpack all of our items.
While outside waiting for our duffel bags, there was an insane amount of
lightning,which was very shortly followed by a lot of rain. Thankfully,
everyone helped to get all of our stuff inside without it getting too wet. We are very thankful that the Custer YMCA let us stay indoors and we did not get rained on at all! The
guys decided to play a mean but quick game of basketball before showering
and bedding down for the night.
