Impressive Monuments

 We seemed to have packed a lot in today. This morning seems like days ago. It has been a great day though.

We had the continental breakfast at the hotel and then headed to Devil’s Tower.  To say it is massive is an understatement.  Just the Tower measures 867 feet.  It is overwhelming how massive it really is. The last time Art was there (57 years ago) the path around it was just a dirt path so we decided we wouldn’t go all the way around it we should just go a little way.  But in the 57 years they made some improvements to the path.  We ended up walking around the entire tower. It was 1.6 miles. Some parts were pretty steep but we just keep on going.  We were like energizer bunnies.  I was so proud of us for going all the way around. You can actually climb up the Tower.  No we didn’t do any rock climbing but we saw several climbers on the Tower. It was impressive. After, we drove a few hours to the Crazy Horse Monument.  

Admittedly, I knew very little about the monument.  It is impressive as well. The monument is not finished. Only his head, arm and hand are done.  We watched a movie about it at the visitors center. I have to say I am sad I didn’t know more about it.  It really is an interesting story.  I doubt it will ever be done in my lifetime.  It was started in 1948 and this is all the further they have gotten.  I would really like to see them finish it and I would love to see it finished. 

We drove past Mt Rushmore on our way to our hotel.  I cannot wait to go tomorrow.  It looked pretty awesome.  Speaking of our hotel.  Holy Smokes Myrna!!!! Every place is better than the last.  This place is the best! It is a lovely suite.  It has a nice big living room with a fireplace, kitchenette, huge bathroom and a good sized bedroom.  It is like an apartment.  Art did awesome booking this place. We will be here for a few days.

We went to the funnest place for dinner.  It is called Ruby’s place. The one wall has pictures of Ruby’s friends.  It was just a fun place……the food was good too. 

We went to the pool and hot tub but the hot tub is out of order and the pool was really cold. So we are tucked in our room and that is way good.