Roberta & Kasey's EXcellent Adventure - Day 2

Here are some pictures from our road trip to South Dakota, which today extended into Wyoming even.. *L* We have an extra day too! Kasey was able to take off Wednesday, so we don't have to be back as early. We can take it easier coming back and see more things along the way too!

So, here is where our adventures took us today... This was a funny iron statue off in a field nearby an old 1880's Ghost Town... I think it was about 2 stories tall.

Here we are just outside of Wall Drug in Wall, SD. A tourist town that reminded us a lot of WI Dells. This DrugStore had lots of places you could pose for pictures... so we DID!

Me and an old cowboy who Kasey and I thought had a strong resemblance to John...*L*


I must have a thing for guys with white beards?? *L* This old prospector and I had a thang going on... haha..or maybe I was just after his gold??

Eye to eye with a buffalo...eek!! *L*


Kasey decided to try on the Indian Chief's outfit, and I was trying on the squaw outfit (again)..*L*
These same cutout things were here 36 years ago when John and I traveled here with 4 other couples and 1 single guy in our hippy van..*L*

We found another GIANT jackalope, so this time I tried to ride one.

They have jackalopes that come in ALL sizes...here are some on the wall inside the store.
And here's something I bet you didn't know.. you have to beware of dinosaurs out in South Dakota, as Kasey and I found out!






Mt. Rushmore was one of our next stops .. it's bigger and more awesome then I remembered! Here is a photo also that shows Kasey and I taking a picture of the reflection in the windows ...(see us down below the monument in the window too!- double click on the pic for a larger one)

The Crazy Horse Monument was a short distance from Mt. Rushmore, so we stopped there. This monument is far from being finished, but they have a nice museum, art gallery, shops, video presentation, and models of what the finished monument is going to look like, as well as many old indian artifacts, pictures and interesting displays.
They gave away free rocks from the mountain where they have carved part of the monument, along with a card explaining what minerals were found in the rocks.

Kasey found she resembled one of the indian statues... since we DO have some Cree Indian in our heritage, I suppose it could be true..*G*



An interesting sign along the way through the mountains (oops, guess they call them HILLS, Black Hills)...but shouldn't this arrow be pointing DOWN? (re: where we typically think of hell's location and all? *L*)

We found that we weren't too far from the Wyoming border, so we decided we HAD to go the distance.


We stopped at a look-out point where we were featured as the Wyoming Wildlife..*L*


There sure is a lot of pretty scenery, (we have hundreds of photos, too many to put here). We had a LOOOONG drive through the mountains to get to someplace where there was civilization, or at least a hotel with wireless internet..*L*.. tonite we are in Deadwood, SD...and we are ready to drop dead...*L* Not really, but it's good to be someplace where we can just lay down and relax.

Tomorrow we start again... sure to be an interesting day!