Our summer work camping job ended Sept 19th. We left following Donna & Scott as we convoyed to Gary & Carol's in Piedmont, SD. When we are not pressed for time the interstate is the place to avoid. You see so much more of the country on the "back roads." We decided to drive up Highway 71 for most of the day. What did we see? Bunches of antelope, wide open space and alot of not much. Driving the route we chose we did not have to drive thru Colorado Springs or Denver or Cheyenne. There were wind farms everywhere. We have seen the individual blades traveling down the roads and they are huge! We were rewarded at the end of our drive by the happy faces of Gary & Carol. It was so nice to see them again. They opened their home and their hearts for our visit. Cody, their dog had some surgery done so they did not want to leave him home alone so they tag team as our travel agents. Carol took us to Crazy Horse in the morning and Gary took us to Sturgis, The Knuckle Saloon and to several neat waterfalls.
CRAZY HORSE.........(The hole under his arm is 10 stories high!)
Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Crazy Horse Memorial is the world's largest mountain carving. Designed as a memorial to Native American heroes, the sculpture depicts Crazy Horse, a 19th century Lakota leader, astride a horse.
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• Under current design plans, the memorial is expected to be 641 feet long and 563 feet tall. The head of Crazy Horse is over 87 feet tall. The memorial is a non-profit organization, garnering funds through public donations and admission fees from visitors.
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