Mom, Dad, Greg and I enjoyed a fun mini-family-vacation to Rapid City, South Dakota for Tim Collin's wedding. Kathy planned a fun and festive rehearsal dinner at a "Shack-like" venue in town and the wedding was beautiful, in the town's cathedral. The Collins family should rent themselves out as wedding guests because they really know how to have fun!
The day after the wedding was July 4th and what better way to spend it than visiting nearby Mount Rushmore! There were even actors in character walking the grounds as the memorialized forefathers.
We learned that the four presidents were chosen to symbolize the nation's: Founding (Washington), Expansion (Jefferson), Preservation (Lincoln), and Conservation (Roosevelt).
We also visited the nearby Crazy Horse Memorial, the Native Americans' attempt to show the white men that the red men have heroes, too.
This monument, modeled to the left, will utterly dwarf the presidents - however, while it took less than 15 years to build Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, which relies on public donations rather than government funding, is over 60 years in the making and not even close to completion...!
We capped off the weekend with fireworks in the park right outside our hotel!
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Mom, Dad, Greg and I enjoyed a fun mini-family-vacation to Rapid City, South Dakota for Tim Collin's wedding. Kathy planned a fun and festive rehearsal dinner at a "Shack-like" venue in town and the wedding was beautiful, in the town's cathedral. The Collins family should rent themselves out as wedding guests because they really know how to have fun!
The day after the wedding was July 4th and what better way to spend it than visiting nearby Mount Rushmore! There were even actors in character walking the grounds as the memorialized forefathers. 
We learned that the four presidents were chosen to symbolize the nation's: Founding (Washington), Expansion (Jefferson), Preservation (Lincoln), and Conservation (Roosevelt).
We also visited the nearby Crazy Horse Memorial, the Native Americans' attempt to show the white men that the red men have heroes, too. 
This monument, modeled to the left, will utterly dwarf the presidents - however, while it took less than 15 years to build Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, which relies on public donations rather than government funding, is over 60 years in the making and not even close to completion...!
We capped off the weekend with fireworks in the park right outside our hotel! 
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