Monday, June 15, 2015

The Black Hills Institute in Hill City and Mount Rushmore

Pics of the old trains and dinosaur museum still to come.
In the parking lot
Ecstatic selfie! Doesn't it look tiny? I think I expected the faces to go from the top of the mountain to the ground below. 60' is nothing to sneeze at. 14 years to completion. 
Sitting in the risers at the top of the amphitheater. The stage in the middle below is where the park ranger did her talk and showed the 20 minute movie before the illumination. Poor girl...it was her first night and her speech was somewhat painful. Been there, just not with so many people in the audience. 
My Bella and me
There was a big "Jefferson and ice cream" campaign of sorts in the VC there. Long lines for what they claimed was TJs vanilla ice cream. I was going to buy a tee but they were out of my size. When I told the girl I had worked there 6 years, she gave me a nice color copy of his vanilla ice cream recipe. :) 
Veterans and active duty members of the military are invited to come down to lower and fold the flag. If I had known I advance I would have taken Kenny down in a wheelchair (likely kicking and screaming) so he could help too. 
My favorite view. 



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