National Parks Vacation

It has been a long wait and a lot anticipation getting to this vacation.  We arrived in Rapid City Saturday, Sept 24th, after an uneventful (meaning everything went well) day of travel.  I had to visit a local quilt shop and the local Pumpkin Festival when we arrived.  We settled in and attended a 'meet 'n greet' orientation.  Sunday is when the real excitement began. We went to Crazy Horse first.  It is a rock sculpture to give tribute to the indians.

 Here is a photo of Mike and me at Crazy Horse.  The visitor center is so far from the carving that the size perspective is totally lost.   The carving is a spec in the background and isn't visible in the photo with us.  The masks are courtesy of my buddy Mary.  She wanted to give us something for our vacation - thanks Mary....

We then traveled to Mt. Rushmore.  I enjoyed this more because I was able to get more of a feel for the size.  All four images of the Mt Rushmore sculpture is smaller then the head of Crazy Horse.  Of course we needed to continue the Mary photo ops.  I hope Mary is enjoying these photos as much as our fellow tour travelers are enjoying these photos. 

thread bear

It has been a long time coming, but I am back to blogging.  The East Cobb Quilt Show is over and  am off on my vacation.  (More about that later.)  thread Bear has been given the Octoberr blocks info and Janet will carry on in my abcense.  Here is a sneak pick at the block to come.