Day 9: South Dakota (Tourist Trap Attack)

Hey turkey. Thanksgiving is coming...walk faster little buddy. Pronghorn deer in Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Driving through a giant rock.
Holy crap. Mt. Rushmore is impressive...and eery.
USA! USA! USA!
Grow up!

Lincoln lover.
This mountain goat has a tracking collar to monitor his movements. Nathaniel wanted to put him in the RAV4 and take him to New York, so we could totally blow the biologists' minds.
Crazy Horse Memorial. This was supposed to be the Native American answer to Mt. Rushmore. It's kinda controversial because it's managed by a white family and some Native Americans feel that destroying a moutainside doesn't really follow their principles. But it seems like others are supportive of it...Also, the management of the project is in question, because they started in 1948 and have refused federal funds and all they got so far is a face and a hole. Mt. Rushmore sculpting took only 14 years.
This is what it's supposed to look like...in 2109.

Crazy Horse: "My lands are where my dead lie buried."

A construction crew was bulldozing in Hot Springs, South Dakota and hit a mammoth tusk. They called some paleontologists and they discovered an ancient mud sink-hole full of mammoths. 57 so far and all males. They came for a drink of water, fell in, and died! The mammoths...not the paleontologists. Nathaniel is learning all about it on the sweet tour.

Bones are very romantic.
They named this one Napoleon Bonaparte. I'm serious. Scientist humor...yikes.
This llama is totally vibing Nathaniel.
Worst Native American mannequin ever. He must be from the Meth tribe.