After rain last night, the day was bright and sunny when we got to Mount Rushmorethis morning. I took lots of pictures and we walked the hike to the base of the mountain and I took more pictures. Dean did well walking what turned out to be .6 of a mile, with bunches of stairs. They kept saying there was an elevator but we never found it. As awesome as the sight of the presidents was this morning, it was no comparison to the closing ceremony tonight. That was the most humbling experience I have had in a long time. Between the talk, the movie and the singing of the National Anthum as the sculptures were slowly illuminated, I don't think there was a person there who was dry-eyed!
This morning after Mount Rushmore we went to the Crazy Horse Memorial. That's quite an undertaking and it'll be amazing when complete. The museum commorating the Native American people is well done and we enjoyed it. After leaving there, we went back into Custer State Park and drove the Needles Highway and a couple of other roads - the ones we drove in the night last night. We came back here to the Holy Smoke, for dinner - the "ribs to dies for" for Dean and I had a buffalo steak and some local wine. The steak was good, not so sure abouyt the wine.
Stunning pics Steve. I've never seen some of these angles. Very enjoyable and informative. <3
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