We got back to the RV late last night, about 11 PM or so, then the storms moving through the area kept us awake until sometime after 1 AM. The storms were strong enough that they were setting off car alarms in the park.

Then…we needed to get on the bus at 7:45 AM. No problem, we are one of the younger couples on this trip. Our first stop was at the biggest sculpture in the world, honoring Crazy Horse. Well, it will be the biggest once complete. The work is proceeding, but slowly. It should be done sometime after we are no longer here to admire it.

Post-Crazy Horse we spent the rest of the day touring Custer State Park. It is absolutely huge, with an amazing array of different terrain and wildlife. We struck out on viewing bison, we had to settle for antelope and prairie dogs. Oh well.

The group stopped for a buffet lunch at the State Game Lodge. This is a building that Calvin Coolidge used as the Western White House for three months in the summer of 1927. We then went on a drive through a wildlife loop, but as said before we saw very little wildlife.

So tomorrow is Sunday, we go to a Black Hills gold factory, a chapel, an afternoon at Deadwood, then a chuckwagon dinner and show. More tomorrow!