Before Mount Rushmore, we stopped in at Crazy Horse. The monument is still being carved out of Thunderhead Mountain and represents Crazy Horse, a Oglala Lakota Warrior, riding a horse and pointing to the distance. It is on private land and was offered $0 million from the US Governmentn on 2 occasions to finish it and have it turned into a national monument but it was refused because the creator believed that the project was more than just a sculpture and government involvement would cripple the cultural meaning behind it. If it ever finishes it will be the world's largest, non-religious sculpture in the world. I say if because it was started in 1948 and it still is not finished. I really hope that it finished during my lifetime because when it does, it is going to be simply spectacular. The white statue in the photo is what the end product will be. They are almost to the horse and when that is done, it will be cool!
They also have some amazing museums and shops and galleys you can look through making it a much nicer experience that Mount Rushmore and the best part was that it was air-conditioned!! There were some really stunning exhibits!
After visiting Mount Rushmore + Crazy Horse we went into Keystone for lunch. The town was pretty cool - similar to Hill City but not as welcoming. The food was average and all restaurants appeared to be similar in quality.
On our way back to the campsite, we took the Custer State Park Wildlife loop and managed to see some Wild Burros (fancy name for miniature horses if you ask me, deer, prong horned antalope and tonnes of Buffalo. It was really cool to see random bison throughout the area because we don't have that here!
This concluded our 4th day in South Dakota
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