The safety recall on the bus has given us nearly an extra week in the Black Hills. Today offered great weather for photography, so we took advantage of it. As you can see from the collection of pictures above, I included more than usual. And, I had a hard time limiting the number of selected pictures. There were many more of Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, and scenes along the Needles Highway through the northern end of Custer State Park. For you camera buffs, that mountain goat had to have been nearly a mile away. I used all of the 12X optical zoom. I'm learning to like this camera.
The Crazy Horse Memorial is neither a federal nor a state project. It is being done by a non-profit and has actually turned down some offers of federal funds. Financing is a continuing struggle, but I'm sure it will get finished eventually. The sculptor started, working alone, at the behest of the Lakota elders in 1949. He died in 1982, but his widow and seven of their ten children have made this project their life work. The scale is far beyond the Rushmore carvings. First of all, it is not being carved in relief in the side of a mountain. It will be a three-dimensional statue viewable from all sides. It will be taller than the Washington monument and longer than it is tall! The picture shows a 1:34 scale model in the foreground with the mountain carving in progress behind it.
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Three cheers for recall notices. That's what I'm talking about - that's the presidential tribute I wanted to see. Tis truly astounding. Remember when people used to put pictures in photo albums. That's so last century.
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