Two Schnauz Abroad: Good Knight: Part 1 of 3

When we last left our dynamic duo they had narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil Deadwood and its horrific tourist trap. In sticking with the western theme, they headed straight for the hills, the Black Hills. Before venturing into the natural contents of this national forest, they first desired to see the four stone men of Mt. Rushmore. In typical American fashion, Justin exposed his low U.S. history IQ by only naming three out of four of the dead presidents. (Can you? It's harder than one might think.)

As the sun set over G. Dubbya’s beautiful granite locks, the two headed back into central Keystone to find lodgings. They had passed a darling little log cabin park earlier in the day and after finding the rates quite reasonable, they settled in, laid out an extravagant spread comprised of Cup-A-Noodles with duece duece and dined in that fine evening. While out procuring their processed goodies, they were duped into spending hours thumbing through amazing type wells and a massive vintage book collection. This, after they learned cold beer was the only food-like item The General Store had within its wood plank walls. With stomachs growling, they graciously thanked the owner and headed back to their cozy cottage.

Our travelers awake the next morning eager to see the privately funded, Native American monument for Crazy Horse*. Unbeknownst to our bright-eyed couple, this sculpted granite monument, located only 17 minutes from the dead presidents, had been in-progress for over 50 years. The massive three-dimensional mountain carving, ten times larger than Mt. Rushmore was originally designed and headed by Korczak Ziolkowski, an ambitious sculpture who actually worked solo on the project for its first ten years. Justin and Yasmine were rather impressed, but like many visitors, wondered if the monument would ever be completed. Needing more time to ponder the two headed to a lovely little fresh water spring to eat lunch, swim and philosophize.
Will our duo find the lovely littel fresh water spring? Will ants eat there lunch before they do? Will Justin's car farts cause an accident?

Find out next time on 2SchnauzAbroad.

* The Crazy Horse monument is definitely worth a closer look if you are not familiar - the sculpture is mind-blowingly huge and the grounds are practically a compound.