Things Carved Out of Mountains - June 12

The Four Men

Even a jaded guy like me can be impressed.  Mt. Rushmore is awe inspiring and, warning ,cliche comin, everyone should visit it once in their lifetime.  We got there just before the crowds on Sunday and had a great late morning walking around and viewing the Presidents from many angles.  Each offered a vastly differing perspective.  

From a large cracked bolder on the Presidents Trail

Thru one of the tunnels on Needles Hghwy

Off to Crazy Horse, 

though this site is a long way from completion the immensity of the project shadow Mt. Rushmore.  It is a private project with no government funds, not sure if that will speed things along or slow them down.  This is a great place to visit, limited amount of 'gift stuff' but plenty of history and 'I didn't know that' moments.

Keystone

Nice for a tourist town, lots of T-Shirt hops, some catering to bikers.  We stopped for a brew and a glass of wine and a local beer (a watermelon infused blond ale - very nice on the warm day).

and along the way saw some mountain goats

Then back to the RV.

where the ground was covered by quarter sized hail.  No damage to the RV, but some folks lost their awnings.and we missed getting hit in the car by it.  Our weather radio was bleeping and shaking, tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warning for most of the evening.  Thankfully none of it got very close to us.