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Crazy Horse Monument
... history of the monument and that it started in 1948. It seemed to us like some slow progress, but when they started showing before and current pictures, it was obvious they blew off ALOT of stone.
The Lakota Chief (Standing Bear) hired Korczak Ziolkowski in 1947 to carve Crazy horse in the Black Hills. The Black Hills are considered a Holy Place for many native american tribes, ...
Black Hills Beauty
... bark at a young age, adding orange as it matures, and dark, evergreen
foliage that at a distance gives a very black appearance to the hills.
The Black Hills are also home to arguably one of the best State Parks in the whole country. Custer State Park, run by South Dakota State Parks is spectacular, worthy of National Park status, and largely run like one. Brian and I were deeply impressed with their services, management, sites ...
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
... to repel down. They told us the top was a beautiful meadow and that they had stayed up there for over an hour because it was so peaceful. I wish I was brave and athletic enough to climb it.
We had dinner back at our cabin, and then we played Phase Ten with Carol and Leo. Ted had never played before, and he “blew away the competition” (Ted). Fun ...
First and only motel stay
We originally planned to stay in Deadwood and experience the downtown "old frontier town" but it was too expensive and we wanted to get a headstart on the trip to Colorado. Soooo we made it into Wyoming and found a quaint $35 motel room with free WIFI, hot shower, and cable TV. We were in ...
Rushing to Rushmore!
Our tourism disappointments of Sunday were completely forgotten when we awoke to bright sunshine and clear skies. Knowing weather in SD can turn quickly, I rousted the troops and told them that the advertised "All you can eat pancake breakfast" at Rushmore was waiting for them. Even though they'd had a full “tank” of BBQ (see “Best Meal Ever…So Far!) the night before, they bounded out of bed with visions of tall stacks in their ...


