First stop - Hot Springs SD. Nice resort town. Local stone used to make the buildings. Hot spring still works - the swimming pool is filled straight from it. But not its more famous for its VA hospital. A splendid building.
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| Used to be the hotel - now a convalescent home |
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| The amazing VA hospital. They dont build them like this any more |
Next stop - Wind cave There over a hundred miles of charted caves in here - but obviously the guided tours only show a small part. Buts its worth it. We took the 'fairgrounds' tour. Takes about 1.5 hours and start by going down a few hundred feet by elevator. There are then some 450 stairs to negotiate - but it doesn't seem hard when you are down there. The cave is famous for its "Boxwork" formations...
Next stop Custer State Park
Tonight's stop is Keystone. Rushed back to Mount Rushmore (see what I did there) to catch the lighting ceremony. Well call us cynical but we though a lighting ceremony would be more than turning on a light. Oh well - its still worth seeing.....
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