On To the Black Hills

On to the Black Hills - July 12, 2010





Today we left the Badlands for the Black Hills, of South Dakota, less than a 100 miles to travel. As we drove out of the Badlands National Park, we made one last stop for pictures that can be viewed above. We traveled I-90, continuing throught the South Dakota Plains. The topography changed as we neared Rapid City. We arrived at the Holy Smoke RV Resort in Keystone after lunch, grabbed a sandwich, and headed to the Crazy Horse Monument. When I was here in 1966, the man had just started blasting the mountain and you could see nothing of an Indian. He is now dead and 7 of his children and his wife is continuing the monument. We then traveled the Needles highway back to Keystone. The rock formations are very un;usual and beautif;ul to the human eye. Tomorrow we will visit Mount Rushmore (the Faces) and Custer State Park