Wow, what a day. Let me begin by saying that I am not a very good tourist. I hate tourist traps, large crowds and chintzy gift shops. However...when in Rome... After leaving Devil’s Tower we headed south into the Black Hills. We “did” Jewel Cave, which was very cool, 250 feet down and super chilly. The cave system is a series of tunnels and rooms stretching over 145 miles but within a 3 square mile area on the surface. Researchers predict that Jewel Cave will one day be discovered to be larger than Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the current world record holder.
From there we travelled to the Crazy Horse Monument in Crazy Horse, South Dakota. What an amazing undertaking. It is HUGE! Back in 1940’s this polish fellow, Korczak Ziokowski, who had been working on Mt. Rushmore, was asked by Lakota Elders to create a stone mountain monument celebrating the bravery of Crazy Horse. The project is still underway, directed by the original sculpter’s children. An amazing story and an amazing monument.
From there we zoomed over to Mt. Rushmore to take a peek.
OMG What a nightmare. It is Sturgis Bike Week here in this part
of the world and there are millions of hogs driving for Jesus.
And when I say millions, I am not joking.
There were bikers everywhere we went.
And when we got to the entrance to Mt. Rushmore
we had had enough. We ended up doing 3 U-turns
to get a good look and then parked illegally and
snuck in the back gate to take some pics.
Booked it out of there and found a great KOA Campground with Hot Showers!!!! a Pool!!!! and a laundromat!!! So now we are refreshed, fed, toileted (ha ha) and ready for a quiet evening of star gazing.
Checking out the Badlands in the am and then heading EAST!
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