Cruised the straight roads into South Dakota with Loreena McKennitt's An Ancient Muse album playing on the in-flight entertainment system - seemed well matched to the scenery (where the antelope were indeed playing - many of them). As we approached Spearfish, the Black Hills of South Dakota appeared:
As we entered the Badlands, adjusted the in-flight tunes to a live Widespread Panic album (very fitting or seemlingly ill-advised, as the highway speed limit in South Dakota is 75MPH). Cruised through Spearfish Canyon for the scenic path though the Black Hills to Mt. Rushmore - see the SmugMug site for more pics:
http://jrpimages.smugmug.com/gallery/8654567_ByKRt/1/571278936_DfRP4
Mt. Rushmore was better than anticipated - some we had met during the trip said they were dissapointed - we were not. You get a glimpse from the road as you climb the mountain to the park (which is very well done). I have video of the climb and approach (I hope). I am also collecting what I hope will be good HDR images (ask Bill Arey) of the good stuff.
Could not resist an attempt here - will do better Photoshop when I have time...
Could have stayed longer, but we wanted to stop in Sturges on our way back to the night stop-over in Spearfish. Old Main Street in Sturges was not much, but we did drive around the area to see just how big Bike Week is here - HUGE. The campgrounds, bars, tatoo parlors and more bars stretch for many miles. Many bikes in town early - unimaginable how it must look and sound during the official bike week. We stopped at one of our favorite bike week taverns (the Myrtle Beach counterpart) for a quick refresher mid-afternoon - The Broken Spoke. They have a board with pins for biker visitors to mark home - one side the US, the other the world. We added our pins (and had our ale).
Tommorow - slab time east.
Blackie out.
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