The High Plains Drifters spent a pleasant few hours exploring the Crazy Horse Monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Situated about ten miles from Mount Rushmore, it's a short drive from Rapid City, which is an easy but extremely scenic drive from the Devil's Tower Monument in Wyoming. Crazy Horse turned out to be one of the highlights of the first part of their whole vacation. Here's a map showing their journey from Rapid City.
The day was sunny and the air bracing as only springtime in the Black Hills can be. But it was brisk enough to warrant sweaters and a windbreaker. As you can see from the photo at the top only Crazy Horse's head is emerging completely from the rough stone of the mountain. Below is a model of the monument at the interpretive center. It is a moving piece of art "as is" but imagine what the mountain will look like with a gigantic version of this heroic man and horse leaping forth from the mountain. Truly awe-inspiring!
The High Plains Drifters have seen countless marvels of man and nature on their road trip. For more information about quite a few of the features of the short trip from the Devil's Tower to Crazy Horse, do check out the links below. And for more photos and stories of their trip to Minnesota from Tacoma, Washington, just put High Plains Drifters in the search box in the right sidebar.
To see what the area around Rapid City and Mount Rushmore looked like mid-century -- and watch a good old fashioned edge-of-your-seat-suspense movie in the bargain -- check out Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller "North By Northwest," with Cary Grant, shown here in the iconic image from the film.
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