Mount Rushmore Fireworks ... July 3
Mount Rushmore Fireworks
Crowds gathered in Keystone, SD to view the fireworks over Mount Rushmore in celebration of the 4th of July. We had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant where we viewed the fireworks from our table on the patio. They were amazing. People trekked uphill in excess of four miles to Mount Rushmore Memorial to view the celebration.
Bear Country U.S.A.
Bear Country U.S.A. … July 2
We visited Bear Country U.S.A. on Monday, July 2 which is a drive through wildlife park. The wolves and bears were so close to our jeep that you could have reached out and touched them. You can't (and of course, shouldn't) get out of your vehicle. You ride through with your windows up.
This was truly a unique experience. Once you complete the wildlife drive, you can walk through "Babyland" to see the young and small animals.
We thoroughly enjoyed this park and would recommend the experience to everyone.
www.bearcountryusa.com
This was truly a unique experience. Once you complete the wildlife drive, you can walk through "Babyland" to see the young and small animals.
We thoroughly enjoyed this park and would recommend the experience to everyone.
www.bearcountryusa.com
Crazy Horse Memorial
Crazy Horse Memorial … July 1
We visited Crazy Horse on Sunday, July 1. Fascinating!
Unimaginable! Crazy Horse is the world’s largest mountain sculpture in progress. Crazy Horse Memorial is in the Black Hills of South Dakota just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore. The face is nine-stories high which was unveiled and dedicated on June 3, 1998, the Memorial’s 50th anniversary. Crazy Horse will be carved three dimensionally, in the round. It is said, when the carving is complete, it will appear as if Crazy Horse is charging out of the mountain. Crazy Horse was selected because he was the only Chief who refused to surrender, to sign a treaty, to give us his culture, or to live on a reservation. This sculptor of Crazy Horse represents all Indian Tribes throughout the nation, not just one.
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski was approached by Indian Chiefs to create a memorial. Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote in a letter of invitation to Korczak, “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, also”.
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began the project in 1948 at the request of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear and other Native American elders. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and some members of their family continue the project, working with the nonprofit Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
www.crazyhorsememorial.org
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski was approached by Indian Chiefs to create a memorial. Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote in a letter of invitation to Korczak, “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, also”.
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began the project in 1948 at the request of Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear and other Native American elders. Korczak died in 1982. His wife, Ruth, and some members of their family continue the project, working with the nonprofit Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
www.crazyhorsememorial.org
