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.