We met up with Kit and Joni in Custer on August 6. So we will finally start our cross country trip with them. The day did not end well, as the camp host said he was putting us in a good spot down below in the campground. He failed to mention how narrow the road would be to get there and did not stop Graham before having him drive through the narrowest part. He should have stopped and helped to guide him through. This is what happened:
Graham and Kit were able to repair the hinges on the bay doors so that we can open and close them and get to our stuff. Good side of the story, no one was hurt.
So our timing in Custer is not great as it is the motorcycle rally for Sturgis. All campsites in the Black Hills area are booked with riders from all over. They close off the center of the streets for motorcycle parking.
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Special parking at Chief Crazy Horse for motorcycles.
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On our first day, we went to see Mount Rushmore and the statue of Chief Crazy Horse. Then we came home for dinner and went back at night to see Mount Rushmore in lights.
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| George Washington at night from the roadway. |
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| Kit and Joni |
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| What the carving will look like someday. |
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| What it looks like now, Chief Crazy Horse. |
We took a drive on the Needles Highway, beautiful scenery:
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| Motorcycles everywhere |
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| motorcycles going through the tunnel |
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| tunnel only big enough for one way traffic the size of a car |
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| herds of bison |
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| baby bison |
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| Petting wild mules |
Day before we left, we went to the wind cave:
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| There is a pressure in the cave that blows out through this hole. |
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| Geode embedded in the cave wall |
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