We did the touristy thing, on a bus no less, and went to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial.
After a week on the bikes, we gave our butts a break and did an all day tour on a bus with a chuckwagon dinner to finish if off. After Mt. Rushmore was built, the Lakota (aka Souix) asked one of the sculptors working on Mt. Rushmore to commemorate the original owners of the land. This is not a public project, is completely family run based on tourist traffic. We figure with the 3 million visitors per year at $10/head the family is doing ok, but the project sure won,t be done in our lifetime. You will see a picture of the proposed final (with the actual behind it), and then the current (which was started in the 1940's !!!). That said, the head is spectacular and the whole thing when completed will drawf Mt. Rushmore.
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