First of all we stopped at site of the Battle at Little Bighorn (or Custers last stand). It was very interesting. What we got out of it was that although the Native Americans won that battle, it really sealled their fate, as the "white man" came down on them really hard after that and moved them all to reservations or chased them up in to Canada.
Then we stopped at the Jewel Cave, but we were too late for a tour. It is the second longest cave in the world (the map of it was amazing). I don't know if it was a bad thing we didn't go on a tour as it was 100m down in an elevator!
Then we went to the Crazy Horse Memorial, which is the start of an enormous sculpture out of the side of a rocky hill. It was started 64 years ago, and has no end date.
This statue at the front is what it will eventually look like, and in the background is what it is now. They have blasted away a whole heap of rock, completed Crazy Horse's face, and started the hole under his arm. It represents him answering the question where is your home. He answers, home is where my people are buried. I can not begin to think when it will be finished. Apparently they will not accept any Government funding, and it's all paid for by the tourists and donations.
The we went to Mount Rushmore. It's one of those things that I've always seen pictures of, but never thought I would see in real life.
So a big day of sight seeing. Now relaxing with a well earned JD's and diet (which is what they call diet coke). It didn't snow today, but it wasn't very warm. There was snow on the ground at the Crazy Horse memorial. It probably won't get warm until we start heading south after next week.
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