Friday, May 28th, we left Belvidere, S.D. and traveled about 140 miles to Black Hawk, S.D. just west of Rapid City.
Our travels include driving through the Badlands National Park and a stop at the Visitor Center. After getting into the campground at Black Hawk we had some errands that needed to be done. Our step had broken 2 days before so we needed to get to an RV supplier for some parts. So while Tom went after parts I did some laundry and Larry and Joanne attended to some of their errands- groceries, prescriptions and lunch. Once the step was repaired and Larry and Joanne returned we all left to explore the area. We stopped at Mt. Rushmore taking pictures and walking about the plaza.
Leaving Mt. Rushmore we then went to the Crazy Horse Memorial.
After watching a movie about this memorial and the sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski, we had dinner at a restaurant on the memorial grounds- the food was not bad but the service was terrible. We spent time in the Indian Museum of North America which is a beautiful building filled with displays, crafts and souvenirs. As it started to get dark the temperature dropped so the 4 of us decided that we needed to get sweat shirts since we were going to stay for the laser light show.
Sitting on the outside patio we watched the laser light show. This was certainly a full day.
Today, the 29th, started with Tom and I going to the grocery store while Joanne did laundry and Larry got his truck fueled up. It was almost 10am before we left the campground heading further west. Within an hour of leaving we were in Wyoming driving across the northwest corner of the state. We did stop at a rest area to eat lunch and take pictures of Devil's Tower off in the distance.
The temperature today has been chilly- our Crazy Horse sweat shirts were worn today- and we traveled through rain from Buffalo through Sheridan, Wy. We crossed into Montana and stopped for the night at a campground in Hardin. After eating at a local Mexican restaurant that had great food the cloudy skies cleared and the sun was brightly shining. This area of the country is a beautiful green this year not the usual brown and the streams are flowing with bank high water obviously the rains have been coming on a regular basis. As we drove through Wyoming the antelope were frequently seen in the pastures and fields.
