Custer, SD to Rapid
City, SD
42 miles
"You could fit a five story house inside the nostril." [from the film at the Crazy Horse Memorial, referring to the nostrils of the as-yet uncarved horse]
Today was a day for sightseeing and severe weather. The former was primarily Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore. The latter was some warning lightning which erupted into heavy rain (2 inches) and very heavy wind while most of us where running errands in town. A few of us ended up in a motel as a result, although I am among them only because of my general allergy to camping.
Crazy Horse Memorial from a distance (hard to make out) and from the
visitor center (scale model of final plan in foreground, real thing taking
shape in the distance on the right):
Random picture of the Black Hills:
The back of Mount Rushmore (two shots):
Some mountain goats:
Several shots of Mount Rushmore, the last of which with Mike Weston
and Mark Bazerman:
The Black Hills with the Great Plains in the distance:
Mark Bazerman rides the jackalope:
One tent suffered a compound fracture due to the storm (Brian Holsenbeck
smiles because this isn't his tent, yet his only faired slightly better):
