We stayed in Rapid City last night and it has been the best motel so far, not too mention the cheapest. It even had a water slide inside the building.
We didn’t use it. But we could have.
This morning we went back to The Badlands as we felt that we didn’t get to see much last night. It was very foggy and cold but still amazing and this time we drove the whole way through. We even saw some prairie dogs and white tailed deer.
After The Badlands we high tailed it to Mt Rushmore (while driving throught the Black Hills) with the weather getting worse the closer we got. But that was okay with me because it meant we were getting closer to snow. And the further we drove, the more we started to see little patches of it next to the side of the road.
When we got to Mt Rushmore I was really excited because there was definitely snow around.
Oh yeah, I was also excited to see the monument too.
Mt Rushmore was amazing though. It was massive and fascinating to watch a movie and read all the information about the sculptor. It took years to finish and there were openings for each President as their face was completed (Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Washington - not necessarily in that order) and although many people worked on it over the years, the sculptor died before it was completed. His son, who had also worked on it, did the final reveal.
We also wanted to go and see Crazy Horse (which is a rock sculpture of an Indian) although it isn’t finished yet even though it was started in the 1940's. We drove there late in the day when the sun had almost set and the weather had gotten really snowy. It was going to cost $20 just to go into the park and we wouldn’t be able to even see the sculpture.
We didn’t use it. But we could have.
This morning we went back to The Badlands as we felt that we didn’t get to see much last night. It was very foggy and cold but still amazing and this time we drove the whole way through. We even saw some prairie dogs and white tailed deer.
After The Badlands we high tailed it to Mt Rushmore (while driving throught the Black Hills) with the weather getting worse the closer we got. But that was okay with me because it meant we were getting closer to snow. And the further we drove, the more we started to see little patches of it next to the side of the road.
When we got to Mt Rushmore I was really excited because there was definitely snow around.
Oh yeah, I was also excited to see the monument too.
Mt Rushmore was amazing though. It was massive and fascinating to watch a movie and read all the information about the sculptor. It took years to finish and there were openings for each President as their face was completed (Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Washington - not necessarily in that order) and although many people worked on it over the years, the sculptor died before it was completed. His son, who had also worked on it, did the final reveal.
We also wanted to go and see Crazy Horse (which is a rock sculpture of an Indian) although it isn’t finished yet even though it was started in the 1940's. We drove there late in the day when the sun had almost set and the weather had gotten really snowy. It was going to cost $20 just to go into the park and we wouldn’t be able to even see the sculpture.
We were disappointed but $20 better off.
So off to Lead (pronounced Leed) we drove to stay the night in a hostel.
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