Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Continuing our travels

On Monday, July 25th, Bill and I went to Crazy Horse monument.  We were very impressed with what we saw.  The entrance fee was $10 a person or $27 a carload and no parking fee.  So far they have the head of Crazy Horse head carved in the mountain.  They have a scaled model of what the final monument will look like.  This is worth while going to see.



On Tuesday we went to Mount Rushmore. When you first enter you walk through a row of pillars with the date each state joined the union and their flags flying above.  The monument is an amazing site.  We were as impressed this time as we were the first time.  There was a lot of walking to do here and we enjoyed seeing Mount Rushmore from many angles.  We had buffalo chili for lunch at the restaurant and we both liked it.  The fee to get in was $11 and good for a year.





We left Custer in the morning and went to Deadwood, S.D.  We stayed at Whistlers Gulch, which was one mile from town.  Bill and I walked in the first day.  There is a Trolley that you can take for $1.  We took it back at the end of our day in town.  It is a fun western town with gun fights on the street and a lot of small casinos and the usual souvenir stores.  Kevin Costner has one of the casinos with a restaurant.  I went back the second day and Bill stayed at the trailer to do some work.  It is a fun place to visit.


We stopped at Wall Drugs on our next travel day.  It is another fun place to stop.  It has a lot of great shops to go through.





On Sunday we stopped at Bonnie and Gail Quin's.  We had a great visit catching up, in their new screen room, on what each of us has been doing. 
We are now in Manitowoc, WI. at a Monaco Rally. Our campground is on Lake Michigan and there is a great walking, biking path that goes along the lake.  If it cools down we hope to do some walking .