May Road Trip: Part 2--Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse

We stopped at a service station in Wyoming that had directional signs telling which way to go for Newcastle (James's first area) and Chadron (James's last area).














We arrived in South Dakota at midnight, stopping briefly to see the Heads at night before hurrying back to our hotel and falling exhausted into bed.













The next morning we stopped at Mt. Rushmore. It was amazing to learn about how the Mountain was carved. We continued on to Crazy Horse where we learned that Mt. Rushmore could fit in just the hair of Crazy Horse.





























When James was on his mission 32 years ago, he was driven by this mountain and he said that he couldn't even tell there was much happening. Now, they have the face of Crazy Horse carved. When it is done, it will be much larger than Mt. Rushmore. The white statue in front of the mountain depicts what it will look like. They are also planning a medical center on this site. It is quite awesome to see. The family who are doing it, are not taking donations from the government, they have turned down millions. It was started in 1948 and when completed it will be 641 feet wide and 563 feet high.











We had lunch in Keystone at the Ruby House and saloon, it had a very authentic Old Old West atmosphere. We chose to eat Buffalo Melts and Keylime Pie. Yum!










James wanted to stop at Wall Drug. Seems everyone needs to stop here! James said that Wall Drug was even advertised on the double decker buses in London. I don't know how he knows all these things! James says, "Engineers need to keep up on these things." At any rate, we stopped at Wall Drug where we had the most horrible soda we have every tasted and bought a 'cowgirl' dress and white moccasins for granddaughter 'Ella' when she arrives.








After visiting Wall Drug, we continued our eastward journey across the state. South Dakota is a very large state!