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42 bronze former Presidents
... The story was told of the trial, which in short had a bribed jury of miners (kids), Jack getting off because of the latter, and then 2 months later retried in another state and getting hanged. The whole afternoon was a lot of fun and was told as true as it is believed to be. After that we drove I-90 back to Rapid City as we'd been told that there was a Walmart there and parked up for the night in yet another 24hr Walmart car park with plenty of others for company.
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Day 5: Chasing the Sunset
A restful sleep, the first in our tent. I awoke to a smooth breeze pushing through the trees above, the placid aquatic landings of white pelicans in the lake fronting the tent, the gentle raindrops tapping our tents as we awoke….awww, dammit! We packed up our very wet gear and departed late, planning to get as close to Mount Rushmore as possible by day's end.
We knifed northward through the morning and early afternoon ...
A day in the Black Hills
... a lady who was the book keeper for the Crazy Horse Memorial and she told me to use her first name when I got to the entrance gate. I did and was rewarded with a free pass. That saved $10 so I then felt better about the rip-off at Rushmore...
Crazy Horse Memorial is awesome. The world's largest sclpture is amazing in itself, but the museums are spectacular. Being interested in Indians (with an emphasis on the Apache) I ...
Badlands - Blistering and Beautiful
... the gentle rolling meadows of the South Dakota prairie grasslands. Upon cresting the ridge in the park, we were met with an endless expanse of stark, unforgiving terrain comprised of buttes and spires sharply eroded by wind and water over tens of millions of years. It was no wonder the Lakota Indians and French explorers called the ...
Day 5
... to Mount Rushmore! We love to drive!!!! I will just say awesome!!! I can't believe I was at Mt Rushmore. Leaving there we went to Custer State Park and drove the Needles Highway...very cool. There are many small tunnels to drive through one way! Several stops and hairpin turns we survived the needles. Drove off on the Wild Life Loop in the park ...


