(Lake Sheridan, South Dakota) 72 cool, occasional rain, chilly in evening
Today the weather is perfect. Motorcycles are buzzing around everywhere. Hill City Main Street is closed to traffic except for motorcycles. They are parked on both sides of the street and in the middle. I can hardly recognize the town right now.
Our friends are still here and we decided to go out to see the Crazy Horse Memorial. It is a huge memorial of the Lakota Indians initiated in 1947.
We had visited the site three years ago. It does not seem like much progress has been made except for the removal of a lot of rock below the monument. The museum, artists home, and gift shops are very interesting, however, the cost to visit ($24 per car load or $10 per person) is somewhat high and you cannot get very close without having to spend more. There is also a laser light show at night for an additional cost.
Below is a sculpture of how it is intended to look. I’m not sure it will be finished in my lifetime. You can see the memorial in the distance.
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| Kenzie & Jackie |
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| Lots of motorcycles in the parking lot |
Afterwards we had dinner at the campground and another great fire. The next morning we were off to Bear County for a visit. Kenzie was excited to go. We had visited last month but saw a lot more animals today due to the cooler weather. Here are a few of our favorite pictures. We love this place.
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| Elk...nice rack! |
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| Big Horn Sheep |
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| Mule Deer |
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| Mountain Goat |
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| Wolf |
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| Wolf |
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| Grizzly Bear |
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| Badger |
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| This is the life |
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| "yikes...there has to be an easier way of getting up here" |
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| "whew...made it, nice view" |
Baby Land is an area you can walk through and see the small animals. The baby cubs were having a great time playing with each other and some visitors. Click on the video to see some of the fun.
In the afternoon we went to Custer State Park. See tomorrows post all the details.
Great flash back to a fun area. I admire the perseverance of those folks at Crazy Horse.
ReplyDeleteWe went there a second time after over 20 years and were surprised at the very slow progress.
Great shots,the Crazy Horse looks nothing changed since we were there 5 years ago.
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quite the array of animals!..and the Crazy Horse Memorial sure will be nice if it ever gets finished!!
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