We wound up at Custer last night, so this morning we'd planned on riding out to the Crazy Horse memorial. The hotel clerk as we were leaving, told us that today was a free day at Crazy Horse because the CEO (Ruth Ziolkowski) of the monument operation had died. She was the wife of the sculptor who started the monument.
We showed up at her funeral...seriously !
The gatekeepers passed us through, the parking lot attendants parked us on the front row, and when we walked into the main museum, there were ushers to tell us where to go....and the coffin.
We were not in our normal funeral attire so I for one felt a little uncomfortable. Plus, I had helmet hair.
I told Kat it was time to go visit the rest of the grounds.
The Crazy Horse memorial looked awesome and maybe in the next couple of centuries it might be completed.
The funeral
Ruth Ziolkowski at rest, complete with top viewing window.
We said adios to Crazy Horse since we didn't know any Lakota for good bye...
On to the Needles highway. All I knew about the Needles were the narrow tunnels. I had no idea about the huge monoliths and breath taking beauty along the route.
Our next stop was Mount Rushmore. We wound up staying there for about three hours because of storms rolling through complete with hail. One of the park rangers also rides a GS and gave me some tips on highways to ride in Wyoming.
With the weather still looking rough we decided to go ahead and get a room at Keystone. We stopped at one hotel and it was a little pricey. So we saw another hotel with a great advertised price, we checked there and those rooms were not available but had some really high priced rooms. No thanks. So, back on the bike and it started to rain. By the time we got checked into an affordable room we were wet again.
4 for 4.
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