First day in South Dakota

Landed in Rapid City SD today and, after a visit to a museum with a lot of Sioux objects, we headed out to...




The NPS revamped all the facilities not too long ago, and it's gotten very dignified, very formal...


...one might even say, somewhat fascist. That's the monomaniacal sculptor, Borglum, who pounded and chipped away at the mountain.


The spaghetti was pretty good, though.


And this was WAY COOL. You press down on a plunger and it activates the moment of an ACTUAL EXPLOSION in the historic footage on the screen. The timing is perfect. A 7-year-old boy and I were completely captivated by this.



I'll leave you with a wide-angle shot...


...a closeup...


...and an interactive: find the face in this picture.

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