Rapid City, South Dakota High 66 Low 57
Last night we were watching TV and there was a little
lightning we could see in the clouds, when all at once there was a bright light
and immediately a loud boom. Then the trailer shook. The lightning had hit in a
grove of trees which are only about 100 feet from us. I was so nervous about
the lightning, that I lowered our antenna. All the power was still on, so I
guess there was no damage. We didn't have any other strikes, but it was kind of
unnerving.
Today is a lot cooler than yesterday and it has rained off
and on most of the day.
We decided to go see Mount Rushmore anyway. Our RV Park is
right behind of Old McDonald's Petting Zoo. On the way out Cindy got some
pictures of some goats on some kind of aerial ramp that has been built for the
goats to climb on to eat. We both thought it was kind of neat.
We then went to see Mount Rushmore. The history of the
Monument is very interesting. While we were there we watched a short movie
about the history of the building. It took 17 years to build and originally the
design looked like they planned on having more of the presidents bodies carved
in the mountain. I saw one sign that said that if the original planners had
known how big and hard a project it was going to be, that the project probably
would never have been started. The original artist died before the Monument was
completed, and his son had to finish it. The film was very informative and is
well worth watching if you ever go to see Mount Rushmore.
There was a display with the US Flag that was used at the
Grand Opening. Each star measured 27 inches. The total size of the flag was 39
feet by 67 feet. It was considered to be the largest flag in the world at that
time. There are many more exhibits that tell about the construction.
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The light and dark on Washington's face are from the rain! |
After we left the Monument, there is a turnoff where you can
see Washington in profile. We thought it was worth a few minutes stop.
We then went toward the Crazy Horse Memorial. On the way
there is a little lake that has a nice view. I have put one picture of the lake
on this post.
We had already seen the Crazy Horse Memorial, and since it
was raining, we decided to just take a few more pictures and not pay the $22.00
it would have cost us to go to the actual visitor’s center. It has been almost
10 years since we were here last and they are now working on the horse Crazy
Horse is sitting on. They have kind of marked out the horse’s head will be and
you can see that in the pictures.
We drove to Hill City (to check out another quilt store. On
the main street across from the quilt store is an art gallery. They have some
statues that look like they have been made and welded out of junk.
Jan of
Bill and Jan RVing the USA had suggested we try a
pizza from Lintz Brother’s Pizza in Hermosa. We got the Supreme and it was very
good. Thanks Jan for the recommendation. We have enough left for at least one
more large meal.
It finally stopped raining at about 5:00 this afternoon, but the weather guessers are saying more tomorrow.
Thanks for visiting.