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VORTEX2: June 1, 2009 - 22 days. Operations provided for in the field: linear convection.
Miles traveled today: 295. Total miles traveled: 6953.

Finally, when we head out of the hotel this morning we are greeted by a climate much more similar to what you want to encounter when you embark on an adventure like this, hot and humid. Surely we are not at the levels of humidity that you would like, however, is the best we've had in recent weeks.
the briefing this morning shows in addition to the weather for the next three days, even a quick note on yesterday. Late yesterday afternoon, was monitored in detail a storm that could not or to organize becoming a rotating supercell. The thing that surprised all the experts is the fact that despite the end of the storm arrived in an area with good conditions (CAPE over 1500 J / Kg, and a good sher discrete helicity) has failed to trigger the rotate .

For now however it was not until the late morning to check the latest comments on the ground. There is great certainty about the possibility that convection is especially deep today. Slight Risk area as indicated by the Storm Prediction Center is very extensive and the possibility that tomorrow should be much further south of our current position dictates the choice of operations for the day. Surely we can not operate north of Interstate 80 and then will most likely come down to the south.
Meanwhile, the first rule is to always move to the west to York on I-80. Lunch is organized in the usual manner, in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in York and later There are a good couple of hours of waiting during which, as usual, there is a procession of people intrigued by our presence and affected by our strange vehicles.
Finally at 4 pm the order came to move further south along Highway 81. A series of towering cumulus formed along the convergence zone of winds on the ground. It is still very time-aligned and strongly connected to each other. The caravan, however, attempts to intercept a cell that appears to be more detached and marginal compared to the line.

probe intercept Some small hail and wind gusts of particularly intense outflow. Sometimes form lowering of the suspects in different parts of the line and fall to the ground while lightning appears to the radar for a few minutes a little bit of low-level shear, but the rotation is not organized and never seriously all the time and the cells continue to interact with a others by taking a more linear structure.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon the order came to abandon the field, as after the radar have collected enough data. Only an hour's drive separates us from Salina, Kansas where we spend the night before a good dinner at Chilly's.

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Attempt Hunting in Iowa

VORTEX2: May 31, 2009 - day 21. Operations provided for in the field: an attempt to intercept.
Miles traveled today: 287. Total miles traveled: 6658.

's time to get back on the road. The briefing is illustrated by David Dowell of the NOAA of today and the next day. Today and tomorrow, even if two days are marginal (in the forecasts of the Storm Prediction Center shows a Slight Risk) field operations will still be conducted. The experience of recent years leads us not to underestimate the Slight Risk. E 'already' happened to have some good days of hunting in these situations than in situations where a more risk 'high as a Moderate Risk.
The constant problem of these days and 'the lack of humidity' which continues to struggle to climb over the states' southern border with the Gulf Mexico. In addition 'to the area today to greater instability' potential does not overlap with the areas where 'the expected maximum shear, but the arrival of a front from the northwest will bring' development of original time for the day today thanks to the strong heating of the soil, it is necessary 'to assess whether these storms will be organized in some structure convective more' interesting. The first target today and 'Lincoln, Nebraska east to the 14. As it happens just in the last three days I've been there three times ...

At 3:45 comes the order to move east just east of Omaha crossed the Missouri River that separates the state of Nebraska than Iowa. The hope lies in the possibility ' that a storm to form in the eastern part of Nebraska to the north of our current position and then moves through the mean motion to the southeast in an area where more moisture is flowing 'in ascent from the valley of the Missouri.
look up at 17.45 when the first piles are formed just south-west of Lincoln and become towering. We try to bring in a more 'favorable to the south along Interstate 29 that runs just over the river in Iowa.

The storm seems to be intensifying with beautiful towers and soon develops a long anvil downwind crossing the Missouri-Iowa border. The armada tries to deploy the radar along the back roads away from Interstate advanceing inward state that in this part and 'characterized by rolling green of the ground. Unfortunately, however
'observation does not last long because the storm can not get organized and well
of rain and some hail in size, however, are reported by about 1 inch in size.
for the evening is not nothing but back to the hotel booked for the night, in Omaha.
Nature still does not help the VORTEX2. There are still 13 days of possible operations on the ground, we hope that with the month of June, things may change but the year seems destined to be remembered for a very limited number of episodes of severe weather.

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rest after the long ride

VORTEX2: May 30, 2009 - 20 days. Operations provided for in the field: no.
Miles traveled today: 329. Total miles traveled: 6329.

day of rest for most of the Armada stops in Grand Island, Nebraska. It 's a good opportunity then to change the oil a couple of the probe and to make repairs to the probe 13, the Nissan Pathfinder and that' certainly the most 'experienced and shabby. Are closed holes in the muffler and changed a couple of tires.
Just after lunch I leave Grand Island to pick up the photographer Gino will land in the afternoon 'on a flight from Omaha to San Francisco. The day
'sunny and 150 miles of Interstate runs slow and quiet, and so 'after 2 hours are at the airport on time. Even the return to Grand Island and 'equally comfortable with the advantage of being able to talk and spend a couple of hours in pleasant company of Gino studying plans for the next few days. Unfortunately
reach the caravan VORTEX2 not 'always easy for someone who has to arrange flights and transfers, due to the fact that until the day before you never know where you sleep' the next night and so 'and' better be ready to last-minute reservations and travel hours by car.
Fortunately these days also allow you to recharge your batteries, especially after those days that are spent entirely in the car ... and another definite advantage and 'to to dine at the restaurant and so 'we do not miss this evening of great steaks Wisky Creek.

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mission more 'long

VORTEX2: May 29, 2009 - 19 days. Operations provided for in the field: interception.
Miles traveled today: 655. Total miles traveled: 6000.

sunny and hot this morning in Topeka, Kansas. The briefing led by Yvette Richardson tells us about hunting opportunities for today and the next day. For today, a cold front is approaching from the northern states and between the north-eastern Nebraska and western Iowa is a good overlap between the instability and wind shear, the unknown and the amount of moisture that can go up to the latitude in which we find ourselves. The possibilities for today is one able to carry out an interception with the time but have a high base, but not necessarily will be less interesting.
During the briefing shows two possible targets. The first in the south-central Nebraska, where one or two thunderstorms will form along a line of convergence at the surface during the afternoon. The second is in the north-western Missouri and northeastern Kansas. This second target appears to be less favorable in terms of weather that the morphology of the terrain.

The decision then is to move to Nebraska and to reassess the target during the morning and early afternoon in the journey along the I-80 west, the first objective, however, is Lincoln.

This will be the first in a series of targets that will be changed gradually in succession. With the passage of time during travel is becoming increasingly clear that the ingredient that is now little more moisture is present only in the central-western Nebraska. This fact leads the commanders in chief of the operations to move gradually increasing the target to the west, in the hope that some time can be formed. In eastern Nebraska is now the shear and the atmosphere is quite prepared to accept the vertical motions but lack high humidity and to the west where there may be a little more moisture will be lower than the shear.
go along Interstate 80 to Grand Island until finally the first time
appear to radar, but unfortunately they are very distant and near the border with South Dakota. When you arrive at Elm Creek head north with the intention of intercepting the cells.
Fill the tanks several times because beyond a certain distance from Interstate I-80 north of the probability of finding gas stations decreases rapidly as the scarcity of places of habitation that characterize this area. The direction of
spostamenteo of thunderstorms to the southeast and This simplifies our task. Finally, we can approach the most interesting time to show whether the echoes of very high reflectivity (79 dBZ) and also features supercellulari but for few minutes. The lack of moisture in the lower layers causes the type of temporal and high-based with the base that is very high. Wide bands of hail and dense curtains of rain fall from the base of large cumulonimbus as we approach more and more.

is quickly organized the placement of all the radar in order to be able to collect dual-Doppler data types (two or more radar observing the same time with a cover superimposed so This data can then be combined in the analysis).

The mission ends in sunset light, away from the hotel chosen for the night, which is 150 miles away, that is almost three hours ... Tomorrow will probably not be a day of a mission and there will be time to rest and to review our photographer Gino who has since decided to rejoin the ranks for another week of intense shots.

Finally we arrive at the hotel just before midnight. Surely it was the most tiring day of all because of the great distance covered on means; 655 miles or kilometers are transformed in the figure of 1050 which is little more than the distance between Turin Brindisi!

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Two days of rest (finally)

VORTEX2: 27-28 May 2009 - 17-18. Operations provided for in the field: travel day.
Miles traveled on 27: 336. Total miles traveled: 5345.

After almost a month's stay in the U.S. to follow the crew of CSWR Joshua Wurman and after 18 days of field operations with the project VORTEX2 arrive two days of rest.
Yesterday May 27 we moved to Topeka from Oklahoma in Norman in the north-eastern Kansas. The journey has not seen certain emotions than those donated by the landscape in some areas of the cross the central-eastern Kansas is a little more undulating than it is in the west. There are also a lot more trees than the west where the grass fields and to reign unchallenged. The arrival in the city was characterized by a thick drizzle and temperatures below 15 degrees.

The day of May 28 but has seen the reappearance of the sun and was completely devoted to rest and wash clothes. The view from the eighth floor of the hotel is really nice and although the landscape is not particularly rough, however, has its charms.

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Splitting Supercell in north Texas

VORTEX2: May 26, 2009 - 16th. Operations those on the field: left mover Anticyclonic supercell.
Miles traveled today: 469. Total miles traveled: 5009.

A cold front coming down from the western part of Kansas to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. In front of the front last night's storms have left the field several boundaries at the surface (zone of demarcation between air masses with different characteristics of temperature and humidity) in the south-eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas that may play an important role in DEVELOPING convection today. The sunny day and temperatures will lead to a high enough heating with a slight increase INSTABILITY '. The question for today will be 'on the timing or the hour of the afternoon at which we can form cumulonimbus clouds, that the lack of an actual forcing at high altitude. The storms will form if you can give place to hail and strong winds, the risk of tornadoes today and 'very low (2%).

Let Childress started before northward along roads already 'walked in the days before and then east toward Wichita Falls. For lunch we stopped on the outskirts of the city 'in a rest area, but today, however,' there is' something new ': put on the table is also a beautiful chocolate birthday cake complete with candles and' the person responsible for Paul 'information of our group. But there 's time to relax and celebrate too much, Josh Wurman imposed immediately ordered to go 'cause the first target of the day and' Gainesville. Once the 'we stop to refuel the tanks and wait patiently for the development of first piles. The long wait is prolonged, a couple of hours in the sun and with a fair rate of humidity 'and confirms the feeling someone with a "Welcome to Texas".
Predicion Storm Center at 4 pm Watch issued a bulletin for a wide area of \u200b\u200bnorth-central Texas and we are in the northern part of this area, and 'a good sign. Temperatures and humidity are high 'and continues to accumulate in the atmosphere gains instability', the latest analysis maps show values almost to 3500 J / kg CAPE right where we are.
Finally something is moving and quite a cumulonimbus cloud begins to develop in the south-west of Fort Worth. In a short time gains strength and develops intense precipitation radar to monitor. In the meantime, we move south and reach the Highway 380 near Denton which is the upper limit of Dallas Forth Worth metropolitan area.

Unfortunately the main problem with the storms that develop in this area and 'the impossibility' to kick in the metropolitan area that we must try to avoid. The thunderstorm cell is becoming more 'strength and fortunately tends to move north-east rather than to the big city'. While
uses the higher-range radar to monitor the evolution of the cell begins to divide and in half an hour after witnessing an event not exactly common and very interesting from a scientific point of view. After splitting the division that is called the cell to the north (which usually becomes the most 'weaker of the two) and now' become a supercell gathering momentum and beginning to move to the left also shows a cyclonic rotation in the lower layers (Anticyclonic left mover supercell ).

order and then 'to hunt this interesting creations of nature. The shift is not particularly fast supercell allows all the armada to recover ground and move north the same to begin collecting data.
When we reach the base and the sun 'just set and vehicles more' advanced signal the presence of a wall cloud. Meanwhile, there's reports of hail the size of golf balls a few miles away from our position.
supercell approaching the stunning look of Mammatus while the radar continues to show the rotation of mesociclone.
Our mission is' to collect data with the usual nell'inflow sections of the cell (ie in the area in front of the supercell where the air is sucked inside the main up-flow). The radar can better positioned to collect valuable data on the core anticyclonic even in dual-Doppler configuration. In our back and forth encounter heavy rain, some hail, and we can admire from near the base of the supercell illuminated by lightning.

At sunset, with the supercell traveled over our heads, Notre mission ends and continue to scan the radar to track the evolution of mesociclone.
The destination for the night and 'Norman, Oklahoma, but it takes two hours to reach the destination before you leave and have dinner near Gainesville.
The mission ended successfully at 1:30 of the night, with 750 km under the wheels and some good data in your pocket!

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Minisupercella the Texas-Oklahoma border

VORTEX2: May 25, 2009 - 15th. Operations provided for in the field: mini supercell.
Miles traveled today: 409. Total miles traveled: 4540.

The morning runs with no feelings in Amarillo pending the weather briefing that with the return to the U.S. Central time zone (-7 hours behind the Italian) and 're-scheduled for 10 am. The situation today sees the fair chance 'of training time already' in the early afternoon, however, the lack of good ventilation at high altitude (which is 'now a constant between different days) will not allow' a great organization to them. The most we can expect and 'that a storm can become long enough to collect data in a supercell.
The first destination is set in Clarendon to the south-east of Amarillo in eastern Texas panhandle. Lunch is organized in the shade of large trees in a rest area and then the wait continues for a couple of hours with a sky soon filled with small piles that create a perfect backdrop for photographs and filming Discovery Channel.

In the afternoon the target is updated and move a few miles' south-east to Estelline.Qui you chat with the locals, which is celebrating Memorial Day with a big barbecue. Some piles have now reached the level of congested and
Uun begin to show some 'precipitation radar. The more 'vigorous passes right over our heads and we follow the evolution of the radar. After about twenty minutes comes the order that our first goal of the day and 'just this combination is that in the meantime and' becoming a real cumulonimbus developing a good anvil.

trying to reach the border with Oklahoma to have the radar and start collecting data, the cell begins to show some 'rotation in the lower layers so that when we reach the base appears apparent rotation, it is a mini supercell. Began collecting data with the usual system of mesonet, along with speed 'constant 30 mph road west-east. Unfortunately, however, 'the cell after a few tens of minutes showing signs of breaking and the radar signal is attenuated and we must abandon the goal before he had ordered the complex network strumentale.Sono are six in the afternoon and so' the presence of a ' other cells associated with a Thunderstorm warning (the warning that is issued by the national weather service, and if 'predicted that the storm could produce hail or strong winds) about fifty miles north-west of the first time requires the caravan to try to intercept it.

Although this cell as the first visually shows a beautiful structure with a line of piles arranged along a main incoming line nell'updraft anvil and well-formed but not particularly because of the low lying leeward winds at high altitudes. But unfortunately in the path towards 'this cell even after showing a bit' of the shear radar in the lower layers can not be organized in a more 'complex and so' after a long day on the streets of Texas and Oklahoma, to 20.30 comes the order closing operazioni.Oggi we covered 410 miles, 660 miles and worked hard but there 'need some extra help' from Mother Nature ...

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From north to south

VORTEX2: May 24, 2009 - 15th. Operations provided for in the field: travel day. Miles traveled
Today: 479. Total miles traveled: 4131.

is finally the big announcement. Paul Markoswky conducting the briefing in the morning detailing the weather in the coming days and finally clarifies the choice of Principal Investigators, or go south.
For now the only opportunity to hunt some cell thunderstorm is limited to the eastern part of Wyoming that means in terms of distance about 4-5 hours drive north-east. The main problem is that on Monday there might be some possibility of interception (albeit marginal, as in this period) in Texas today and if you end up hunting in Wyoming means giving up something hunting on Monday.
So the order came to abandon the great north to head south Amarillo target without haste, because something like 480 miles separate us, that in almost 770 km!

For Today I leave my job as navigator nell'Hummer code known as Probe 14 to make the driver in the Probe 11. My traveling companions for today are Tim Marshall researcher well known in the industry and a freelance operator of Weather Channel.
The trip runs quiet and the company of Bryan and Tim is very nice, I try to instill them with a bit of Italian geography and the operator to explain some more details Weather Channel on the operation of various radars present in the closet.
Tim knows the Great Plains as his pockets, and so while we go down along the west side of Kansas do not lose the opportunity to go to the museum dedicated to the "Wizard of Oz" on Liberal few steps before entering Oklahoma. The Wizard of Oz is a wonderful story set in Kansas, I suggest that everyone read ... I did an audio book in English before leaving for the mission to the United States and it was really nice.

Being today in place of the setting of this fantastic story is a pleasant experience as you can see near the Tin Man from the tin man with a good heart, the lion timid and cowardly, brainless scarecrow and Dorothy's dog Toto, the main character.
The journey continues with the short crossing of the Oklahoma panhandle and then we move in the pan handle of Texas. Along the way we meet several rain and some lightning illuminates our path until fuorisciti rains a spectacular rainbow over the canyon of the river Canadian forces us to stop for some photos and filming. Just before arriving in town do a final stop at the weather service in Amarillo, where there is an installed radar. A couple of players leaving the office to greet us and chat in the lights of the sunset before reaching the restaurant for dinner where a waiter recognizing ourselves as members of VORTEX2 literally goes mad with joy.

And when we say that the whole armada was in town and can also come tomorrow morning briefing to the boy is no longer in the skin and tells us that today is one of the best days of his life, better meet Michael Jordan. The VORTEX2 is also this, people who are curious crowd the parking lot of the hotels where we stay to take pictures of our strange vehicles and maybe be able to exchange a few words with someone, a lot of families with children posing in front of the radar shows that with Josh Wurman very sensitive with smaller, fans who do not lose the opportunity to call friends and acquaintances to come and see the whole convoy, the cars that pass us on the freeway and take pictures healthy ...

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intercepted

VORTEX2: May 23, 2009 - 14 days. Operations provided for in the field: intercettamento.Miglia traveled today: 333. Total miles traveled: 3652.

Today is Saturday, but when you're in a research project on the ground there are Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day All days are the same because Nature does not wait for Monday or the weekend to deliver rain or shine. At the briefing today on the news everyone was expecting great choice for the next day: stay north or head south to Texas. But the news does not come, at least for today. The boundary conditions have not changed, there are great expectations for the next day, however, the great leaders today decided not to leave the north and try to stay in the area.

for today is marginal instability (CAPE almost zero) but there is a lot of shear in the first few levels of the atmosphere. The sky over our heads is covered by low clouds and dense. The first target is in Bridgeport Nebraska. Even today, as happened a few days ago, we have some distinguished guests in our Hummer. In fact, the Doppler On Wheel 7 yesterday afternoon was brought to Scottbluff to remedy a small problem and then the manager Joshua Wurman and Karen are the vice a ride in our vehicle.

few drops of rain accompanied our move to the south and the greyness of the sky and temperatures around 10 ° C makes it almost impossible to think that 35 ° C only a few days ago we experienced here in Nebraska. The changes in temperature here in the U.S. Great Plains will have the passage of a front is something unthinkable in Italy, where everything seems to be softer.

At lunchtime there is only time for a brief stop in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in the tiny town of Chadron, then you get back off again towards the south-east. Of time it took life in the south-western Nebraska and the Field Coordinator (field coordinator) heard the other leaders decided to concentrate the efforts to find and apply more Western than the cell, as well as being the closest (but still at 60-70 miles), is also the most isolated by the group.

Suddenly one of the temporal development in and around North Platte a tornado is reported, the data we hold about you should treat a minisupercella but there is no certainty about the report whether this is a real tornado, or perhaps a gustnado (dust devils that are raised below the storm clouds, which can be confused with the tornado). However, the fact certainly increases our expectations on the day.

The time the object of our campaign so far, thanks to winds at high altitude, moving very slowly and tend to rise from south to north. The approach is from the north side, since all the means at Armada are on Interstate 80.

The first to arrive on the scene are the means of NSSL that it can carry just off the main updraft, but are now also incorporated by precipitation allowing them to collect little data on the area immediately surrounding the storm. Our group coordinated by the Doppler probe On Wheel 7 in the meantime met the caravan, he was sent to monitor the transect (ie go back and forth a road at constant speed) is the area immediately north of the cells.

We meet so spaced from one another to walk two miles to twelve miles a road which soon becomes dirt and that brings us to cross from one side to the storm managed to collect some good data. The road that is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the cell gives us the opportunity to monitor rainfall and intense that a good shock. A case also appears in some parts of the rotation of radar echoes, but all can create only a few lower clouds, and nothing more.

The mission ends when the storm reaches the Interstate 80 more north of which you can not go to the very complex terrain and the lack of roads.

The day ends with the arrival at the hotel in North Platte. Begun quietly without too many expectations but then turned into an opportunity to collect a good set of data.

What Gift Would Go With A Movie

The Nebraska Office of bull Mount Rushmore

VORTEX2: May 22, 2009 - day 13. Operations provided for in the field: some modest storm.
Miles traveled today: 92. Total miles traveled: 3319.

the morning waiting for slow flows as explained at the briefing in the morning to take the body and there are those who spend time improvising a football or baseball match. For the day we can not wait great things, the hope lies in a storm which may develop behind the Black Hills and that thanks to the discrete shear can turn this (who knows a miracle) in a supercell.

In early afternoon we try to move outside the zone of dense woods and hills of South Dakota that characterizes this beautiful natural landscapes. On the radar it seems that some time come to life right in the heart of the mountains but with the passage of time and with the launch of a pair of balloons that are used to measure all the meteorological parameters, we realize that, unfortunately, that the atmosphere has not reached still a level of instability to be able to support the development of time once they reach the flat land surrounding the Black Hills.

And so in the afternoon c''è unfortunately little else to do for the caravan of VORTEX2 if not to return to the hotel after hours of waiting. For the crews of the four probes, however, there is a surprise in Serbian packaged by Sean Casey director of the California TIV2 armored vehicle. I was shooting some scenes for the series Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel for his IMAX film on tornadoes.
We enter this long dusty dirt roads that run through the rolling grasslands at the foot of the Black Hills (this is called the Black Hills for the color very of trees that cover the dark) until we find the right location for the filmmaker.

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The IMAX camera is mounted on a special platform that protrudes from the hood of an SUV that accompany the production and caravan (four probe and TIV2) walk up and down the dirt trying different shots. The funniest moment comes, however, given by a bull who, annoyed by the presence of our presence, begins to load one of our probe and only the alertness of the driver escapes with accelerated manages to avoid a possible draft on the side .. .

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VORTEX2: May 21, 2009 - 12 days. Operations provided for in the field: travel day.
Miles traveled today: 226. Total miles traveled: 3227.

The situation forecast for today does not provide any kind of time and then declared day of travel. We move even more 'in the north to South Dakota in a position that will allow us tomorrow to decide whether to hunt based on the weather situation in the east or west. The goal for the afternoon and 'then Hot Springs.

transfer and 'quiet and also very hard, are little more' than 100 miles and so 'at destination, since there are no special operations for the afternoon, some of us decided to visit Mount Rushmore.

Along the way, and that 'of 55 miles, cross the Wind Cave National Park and have the opportunity to see bison, deer and prairie dogs in quantity 'on the roadside.

The faces of four presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore through a work begun in 1927 and carried out by hundreds of workers until 1941.

The Opera 'truly monumental, and while we visit the memorial when it is afternoon and the light is not the right one (the best time and' the dawn) we can see the fine details through a scenic route to walk from there brings more 'near the big mountain.

After taking souvenir photographs resume the way back and we also have the opportunity to admire from afar the huge sculpture that is taking shape on another mountain in the Black Hills dedicated to the Indian chief Crazy Horse. In comparison with the heads of Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington are only 18 meters high the meter when Crazy Horse Memorial will be 'completed by dint of dynamite will have' the incredible size of 172 meters and 195 meters in length.

For dinner we decide to stop in the small town of Custer at the Black Horse whose name and appearance of the local inspires us. In fact, once seated at the table we eat based on good threads and someone has the opportunity to try the flavor of the buffalo that the FTAA is all obviously with good beer.