Blogs from Keystone, South Dakota, United States, North America - page 4

Aday of looking at stuff carved into the side of mountains. First up we went to Mt Rushmore. The place is huge and an amazing example of what you can do with a hell of a lot of dynamite. The detail on the faces is unbelievable and they do look as though the eyes follow you. A job well done. In contrast the crazy horse monument down the road is a bit of a shambles. It has been going for about 40 years and only the head is done. It is massive though, the whole sculpture will be about 2 to 3 times the size of Rushmore, if it ever gets finished. ... read more

So we're in day four of Beale family vacation, day two of Keystone, South Dakota, and day one of Caitlin's blogging extravaganza. Surprisingly enough nobody in our family has strangled anyone and Rebecca hasn't encountered any physical harm...yet. Yesterday we went to the Crazy Horse memorial thing and after spending about an hour in the huge museum none of us ever really figured out what exactly he was famous for. Anyway, a sculpture of him on his horse is being carved into a mountain, similar to Mt. Rushmore. They've been working on it for about 60 years and all that's completed is his face, so it's hard to say if I'll ever see it completed on my lifetime. Today we went to Bear Country, which is like a drive-through zoo. There were lots of different animals ... read more

It's day 3 of my Road Trip to NYC. So far I have hit Washington State, stayed over in Idaho, which was beautiful. Was unlucky to have my GPS take me on the scenic trip through Montana, then stayed in Wyoming, a state I didn't like, but could have been the terrible weather, I white knuckled it through the whole state yesterday and today. Today I had lunch in Sturgis South Dakota, the town that is famous for the annual biker gathering, then I was pulled over by the South Dakota Hwy Patrol, clocked at 130 mph, that's aprox. 180 Km for you Canadians! LOL I didn't know my car had as much spunk as me! Once he realized where I was from he told me that even in South Dakota, British Columbia is famous for ... read more

Another day another state. Lunch in Cody Wyoming, dinner in Keystone South Dakota! Sunday we made the obligatory pilgrimage to Mount Rushmore. It is impressive but once you've gone to the main viewing area and taken your pictures (10 minutes) that's it. On our way out a random man directed us to nearby Custer State Park that you can drive through and at one of the tunnels actually get a picture of Mount Rushmore framed in the distance. At that point we decided to check out the park which also has a buffalo herd. Another great find. The buffalo here are vaccinated and culled so the herd remains at a constant number. The roundup is October 7th and you can actually watch. We also ran into a burro jam. The herd, mostly mothers and babies were ... read more

. Tonight we are writing our blog from the safely and comfort of our very own motel room - complete with Wi Fi. Carl’s comment for the day… “12 months ago I didn’t care about Wi Fi, now it is a major requirement for any hotel!” Statistics Starting Destination: Chadron State Park, Nebraska Ending Destination: Keystone, South Dakota Miles Driven: 126 Percentage of Miles driven in Fog: 60-70% The theme for today was definitely “The Weather!” We woke up to the plop, plop, plop of raindrops on the roof of the pickup thinking we were glad we trialed sleeping in the back of the truck rather than putting up the tent (picture left is of our campsite). We then listened to the rain bucket down for 30 minutes, before it eased enough for us to repack ... read more