Left Rock Springs... Through Wyoming... Into South Dekota.... Long ride.
In the morning, it got quite cold on the road... Had to put on some leather.... On the road in the distance was a huge black storm-set of clouds... Looked like something from a Harry Potter movie... Looked ominous.
Often, these storm masses are hundreds of mile wide and it can take a hundred miles to get to it.... unless you can manage to avoid them.... And that's when the road-gods start messing with your mind!
In the distance you can see this black storm - which means rain - of course the road you are on, is headed! On either side of the storm is clear skys and sunlight....You're thinking about pulling over and putting on rain gear... cause nothing is more uncomfortable to get wet first when it's cold or hot.
Then.... the road turns and you find yourself headed for the sun on the left.... YEH!
But 10 miles later the road turns and you are staring at the storm again... BOOO!
And this can go on for hundreds of miles.... We chased the black clouds all day... Nearly pulled over twice... could smell the rain...road on roads that were wet from earlier rain.... but managed to dodge any downpour... YEH!
When the sun came out, we happened on to another bear:
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Then we made it to Crazy Horse Mountain, but not before we nearly ran out of gas again on Mt Rushmore Rd... Coasted into town on fumes!
Then we headed to the mountain monument.
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To give you an idea how big this thing is, the face alone, is more than 10 stories tall...If you to the right and a little down from the hole, you can see the white outline of where the horse's head will be carved one day.
To put that into perspective, you could have 6 full Mt Rushmore monuments in the area of just where the horse will be on this monument.
Here is what it will look like in about 50 more years.
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Then we decided to spend the night in Rapid City SD which meant we could drive by Mt Rushmore... get a quick pic... and continue on our way... We've seen MRM several times and it's $11 to go into the place so our plan was to just park on the road in front of it - like we've done in the past - and get the photo...NOT!
Those park-skunks have taken away the space on the road and put up No Standing signs and around the other side, a wall so big you'd need oxygen and a strong Shurpa to climb it to get a glimps of what is pretty underwhelming in the first place!... But take my word for it... We were there!
Checked into our room in Rapid City... Said to the Wu, The bathroom seems unusually large for the size of the room... Hopped 'up' on the toilet to see my legs and feet dangling like a pair of kid's sox on a backyard clothes line! It was then I noticed chrome handlebars all over the walls... We were in the 'Special Needs' room...
Coincidence? *_*
Today we are headed back to Nebraska to visit Car-Henge... Pics to follow... It's an amazing place.
We better get in and out of there asap because there is a TORNADO warrning for there later this afternoon and hail the size of coconuts! (>_<) [Friday]
TTFN
MB11
In the morning, it got quite cold on the road... Had to put on some leather.... On the road in the distance was a huge black storm-set of clouds... Looked like something from a Harry Potter movie... Looked ominous.
Often, these storm masses are hundreds of mile wide and it can take a hundred miles to get to it.... unless you can manage to avoid them.... And that's when the road-gods start messing with your mind!
In the distance you can see this black storm - which means rain - of course the road you are on, is headed! On either side of the storm is clear skys and sunlight....You're thinking about pulling over and putting on rain gear... cause nothing is more uncomfortable to get wet first when it's cold or hot.
Then.... the road turns and you find yourself headed for the sun on the left.... YEH!
But 10 miles later the road turns and you are staring at the storm again... BOOO!
And this can go on for hundreds of miles.... We chased the black clouds all day... Nearly pulled over twice... could smell the rain...road on roads that were wet from earlier rain.... but managed to dodge any downpour... YEH!
When the sun came out, we happened on to another bear:
I think this bear was doing his best impression of Luciano Pavarotti
Then we headed to the mountain monument.
Me in front of Crazy Hourse in the distance
To give you an idea how big this thing is, the face alone, is more than 10 stories tall...If you to the right and a little down from the hole, you can see the white outline of where the horse's head will be carved one day.
To put that into perspective, you could have 6 full Mt Rushmore monuments in the area of just where the horse will be on this monument.
Here is what it will look like in about 50 more years.
1/32 scale
The CH Pavillion and Indian Museum
The Wu in front of an Indian Motorcycle
Outside real Indians doing a traditional dance.
Real 'Toe-Tappers!' *_*
Then we decided to spend the night in Rapid City SD which meant we could drive by Mt Rushmore... get a quick pic... and continue on our way... We've seen MRM several times and it's $11 to go into the place so our plan was to just park on the road in front of it - like we've done in the past - and get the photo...NOT!
Those park-skunks have taken away the space on the road and put up No Standing signs and around the other side, a wall so big you'd need oxygen and a strong Shurpa to climb it to get a glimps of what is pretty underwhelming in the first place!... But take my word for it... We were there!
Checked into our room in Rapid City... Said to the Wu, The bathroom seems unusually large for the size of the room... Hopped 'up' on the toilet to see my legs and feet dangling like a pair of kid's sox on a backyard clothes line! It was then I noticed chrome handlebars all over the walls... We were in the 'Special Needs' room...
Coincidence? *_*
Today we are headed back to Nebraska to visit Car-Henge... Pics to follow... It's an amazing place.
We better get in and out of there asap because there is a TORNADO warrning for there later this afternoon and hail the size of coconuts! (>_<) [Friday]
TTFN
MB11
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