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.
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