Spearfish South Dakota

Today was a much shorter drive. We planned it so that we could have most of the day to do things. There are a lot of things to do in this area but like everywhere else they are miles apart. We took the scenic drive through Spearfish Canyon. It was like driving through a cathedral of fir trees. I liked that we were in the canyon and the sheer rock faces were on the side. I'm not crazy about when we are driving on the rim.
The weather has turned cold again and rainy. I guess we are going to end the vacation just the way we started. You would think that now it is July it would be warmer. We watch the weather channel and see how hot it is everywhere else. They should have us come to the reagion and we could be the "coolers".
We drove to Mount Rushmore to see the night lighting ceremony. They cancelled the fireworks display because the chance of fire was high, but they had the the rest of it. This is the third time we have been there and I can't believe how much it has changed. The only thing that is the same are the faces.It is still one of the most impressive things an American could ever see. They had a ceremony at the end where they asked all that had served in the military to come up to the stage and I can't tell you how many there were but it had to be a hundred. We sang the Star Spangled Banner and it was quite a moment. Mt Rushmore and the Grand Canyon. You would have to go a long way to beat either one of them. We also went to see the Crazy Horse Memorial. The sculptor was asked by the Lakota Indians to carve a giant likeness of Crazy Horse in the mountain. The Indians revere Crazy Horse because of his courage fighting Custer and his refuasl to live on a reservation. I don't think that the sculpture will ever be finished. He married and had ten kids. 7 of the kids and his wife continue the job, but the scope is of such a magnitude I don't think it is possible to ever finish all the have set out to accomplish.
Tomorrow another day in South Dakota.