Corn to Custer

Monday, July 13 Today was Iowa to Rapid City, SD to see Mt. Rushmore. In route we stopped in Mitchell, SD at the “Corn Palace” just to stretch our legs, but found it to be a fascinating work of art. The building is covered inside and out with mosaics made from corn cobs and other locally grown crops. They have been creating new designs every year since the 1892.
We visited Mt. Rushmore both during the day and after dark for the night show. We also spent several hours touring through Custer State Park and especially enjoyed Needles Highway. After crossing paths with a couple from Houston several times, we visited with them while waiting for the rain storms to pass before the night show. We also visited with some Harley bikers that had been caught in the storms. Here is picture I captured of a tornado that went just north of us.
At breakfast Tuesday morning, we visited with a group of 50 bicyclists traveling from CA to NJ “Bicycling across America”. It will take them 50 days to completely cross the country cycling anywhere from 50 – 120 miles each day depending on the terrain. The oldest participant is 80 yrs. Young. One traveled all the way from the Island of Trinidad to participate.
Miles traveled 567