Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Black Hills, South Dakota ~ Part II

Keystone, South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
An essential family truckster road trip stop...
Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum
 Construction began in 1927 and completed in 1939
His artist studio and scale model of what the mountain was supposed to look like...
That's dyn-o-mite...
Nice view from the top, George...
I would like to see President Clinton's head in the hole...
That's weird.
Commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear,
Crazy Horse
SOUTH DAKOTA
 Great Places...
Great Faces...
Raise your hand if you have NOT been on a Black Hills road trip as a kid.
...and some really great asses, too...
Lucky me. Lucky you.
Total red state.
Flintstones, Meet the Flintstones
They're the modern stone-age family
From the town of Bedrock ...
Yabba Dabba Doo!
 Let's ride with the family down the street,
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet ...
 Betty and Wiiiiiillllmmmaaa...
 Dino will stay out for the night!
 Pebbles!
 Barney Rubble, my good buddy!
 Bam Bam!
Bedrock City
A page right out of history...
Luxurious caves...
Friendly neighbors...
Grocery Caves...
Crime...
Reckless drivers...
 and a Rescue Team...
A pretty pink beauty parlor...
Giant kid eating serpent...
Our Founding Cavemen...
The Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes...
Dinner!
Axel danced to the rock and roll music...
 ...and a special appearance!
Lucky grabbed Barney in his fruity pebbles and Axel laughed so hard...
We had a yabba dabba doo time...
A dabba doo time...
We had a gay old time...
Well, if we want to make it to the lake by the 4th, we better boogie.
That's right. Gotta skip the Badlands.
...but first, we could really use some free water...
Don't blink or you will miss it...
I've been to Wall Drug...
ooH, he thinks he is soo funny.
Have you dug Wall Drug?
I've got pictures of Matt and I riding these same guys, 30 years ago...
Lucky can't believe we keep running into these four heads everywhere.
What are the odds?
What do you have to say about that Wild Bill???
BEAVER!
Giddy up, my little darlings.
We will be home before you know it.
Where the heck is Wall Drug?
It's in the middle of...
...but nowhere near...
You know what rhymes with corn?
Who knew!?!
The Corn Palace is really just an gymnasium/auditorium...
...with murals made of various colored cobs of corn on the inside and out...
I really thought it was literally a palace completely made of corn.
Kinda felt cheated.
Well, Lucky shook this guy down for his last penny...
okay.. .
At this rate we won't make it to Wisconsin til 2 in the morning....
(car seats are so over rated)

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