We stopped in Wall, SD to enjoy the tourist thing for several hours. Robert lost his prescription sunglasses.
If you haven't been to Wall Drug, you should give it a try sometime. Lots of atmosphere!
We arrived at our motel around 2 p.m. - Travelodge. Reasonable rate, clean.
After relaxing for a few hours we got back on the rides to go to Mount Rushmore - about 25 miles away. Only one u-turn and we were there. The weather was overcast and chilly so we were bundled up like snow people in our layers and Frogg Toggs.
We parked in #4 parking garage - the same one we used the first time we parked at Mount Rushmore. And just like the first time there were very few cars. Only this time no mountain goat visiting.
We had several hours to wait before the 9 p.m. presentation and lighting of the faces so some of us napped (guess who!), did some shopping, ate some dinner, looked in the museum and show a could a videos in the theaters.
The lighting of the faces and the presentation are well worth the wait. At the end of the presentation the ranger asked that all active and inactive military personnel come down to the stage. I think were were close to 100 people who stood there - and the crowd paid tribute.
I will post photos tomorrow. We leave at 7 a.m. to ride to Cody, WY - 391 miles.
The photo with the people is of the veterans who attended the evening presentation - Larry is there in the second row, fourth from the left. As the flag was taken down the boy scouts handed the flag to the veterans the flag was then handed down the line to each veteran.
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