We left Douglas, Wyoming the next morning and headed to South Dakota. We stopped at the Crazy Horse Memorial first. It was really neat. Christa claims that it hasn't changed much since she was there as a child, but in reality they have completed the face since then and are now working on the horse. They had a really nice Indian museum and Indian vendors selling their wares. After viewing the monument from several locations we headed to the KOA Kampground and got set up. It was really something. The lobby was like a hotel and it had a really nice store. After we set up we headed to Mount Rushmore. It was incredible to see it, but in many ways it was not as big as you would imagine. We were greeted by a mountain goat at the entrance to the Avenue of Flags. We walked all the way down right under the monument. It was an interesting angle to view it. It was getting kind of hot so we headed back to camp and then came back for the lighting ceremony. There were so many people that we really couldn't see the stage, but it sounded pretty cool. They presented a flag to a veteran at the end after they lit the monument.
A closer view of the monument
Mount Rushmore, there is no danger of Obama appearing here there isn't enough rock left for another face!
The South Dakota landscape
The Texas flag at Mount Rushmore
The greeter at the Avenue of the Flags
Daryl and Greerson in front of the Avenue of Flags
Greerson posing with the Presidents
Mount Rushmore from a distance
The entrance to our Kampground. That is the lobby straight ahead
The model for Crazy Horse
A bronze image from a viewing window with the monument behind it
The Crazy Horse Memorial
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