Hi everyone,
This post is for Saturday. We have a layover day to explore the area.
Pictures for today are posted here:
We slept in this morning and finally got on the road about 11:00AM. We headed south out of Deadwood towards Custer. After about 45 miles we came across the Crazy Horse Memorial and we turned in to see what it was about.
Wow, what a project that is! We spent over an hour there and watched a movie about the man who started the "sculpture" back in about 1948. It is an amazing thing to see. It is much, much larger than Mt. Rushmore. So large in fact that all of the heads at Rushmore could fit into Crazy Horse's head alone. It was very interesting and informative to learn about the history of the memorial and to see how a moutain is carved up.
We left there and continued on the road all the way south to the end of the Wind Cave National Park. We encountered herds of Bison, Antelope, Prairie Dogs and Mule Deer. At the end of the road we turned around and rode it back north to get to Rushmore. By now it was late in the afternoon and the wind had been blowing hard all day! We got onto Hwy 16, the Iron Mountain Road. This is one of the twistiest roads I have ever been on. There were many 15MPH hair-pin turns, corkscrews turns where you feel like you're going down a drain and all the while you are climbing up or down a mountain pass. It was very challenging and a delight to ride!
At Rushmore, we spent about an hour walking around, viewing the sculptures and taking pictures. I lost my favorite hat there and was really bummed about that!
We got back on the road and headed back north to Deadwood. We arrived back at the hotel at 7:00PM and were really tired. We had to quickly clean up and walk the mile to town to eat some dinner. Although we only rode 180 miles for the day, it was a very full day of sight seeing and well worth the effort.
Sunday we are going to go to Sturgis for breakfast and then head out on a back road to go see the Devil's Tower in Wyoming before hitting I-90 west.
1 comment:
A truly amazing adventure! I missed a few days while I was in California and was just trying to catch up a little. Nick really enjoyed seeing the site when we had dinner there Sunday. I just got home - you guys should be home too (soon, I think). Can't wait to hear the rest of your story. I'm glad you both had such a great time. Excellent pictures and very entertaining stories. Love and miss you both lots! Sandee
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