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Monday, September 23, 2013

Crazy Horse Memorial, SD: In Photos

About 16.5 miles south west of Mt Rushmore is the Crazy Horse Memorial

In 1948, about 7 years after the completion of Mt Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial was launched by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. Korczak worked on it for 36 years until his death in 1982.

This is what the Crazy Horse Memorial is supposed to look like when finished. Since the death of the sculptor, the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation was set up to raise funds to continue work on the Memorial.

Sash posing with a mock-up of the Memorial. To raise funds, the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation sells tour packages out to the base of the mountain, and will let you walk on the Memorial itself.

Inside the museum at the Memorial

I had Bison Stew with Indian Fry Bread at the restaurant inside the Crazy Horse Memorial museum.

Entrance fee into the Memorial grounds is $5.00 per motorcycle, but if you drive a car it's $10.00 per person.

Sash was fascinated with the Crazy Horse Museum due to her heritage as a Choctaw and Osage indian.

Mt. Rushmore, SD: In Photos

You can see Mt. Rushmore from Highway 244 without having to pay to get into the park.

Seeing this sign gave me a sense of thrill that I was about to see something iconic.

It kinda makes you feel like you're crossing the border.

There's no entrance fee for Mt. Rushmore, but there is a parking fee of $11.00 per vehicle, and the only way you can get there is by vehicle.

This parking tag is attached to your motorcycle, and allows you to re-enter the park throughout the year, except who in the Hell wants this ugly thing stuck to their bike for a year?

Our obligatory family-portrait with the Four Faces.

There's a neat little museum that tells the story of how Mt. Rushmore was carved, along with mock-ups of various designs, and tells you about the "secret vault" intended to store the nation's documents.