LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. FIRST THING THIS MORNING I RETURNED TO MOUNT RUSHMORE TO TAKE SOME BETTER PICTURES THEN I GOT LAST NIGHT. THEN I WAS OFF TO THE NEEDLES HIGHWAY. A ROAD BARELY WIDE ENOUGH FOR 2 CARS WITH ONE LANE TUNNELS BLASTED THROUGH. SWITCHBACKS, DROPOFFS, CATHEDRAL GRANITE SPEARS REACHING HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO THE SKY AND PIGTAILS CIRCLING BACK AROUND MADE THIS EXPERIENCE ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE RIDES I'D EVER DONE IN MY LIFE! THEN OFF THROUGH CUSTER NATIONAL PARK WHERE I SAW HERDS OF BISON 50 FEET FROM ME. A FEW CORNERS LATER 11 ELK RAN ACROSS MY PATH BUT UP AHEAD, THEN THEY STOPPED 40 FEET TO MY RIGHT, CURIOUSLY, AS IF TO SAY 'ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE OUR PICTURE OR WHAT? OF COURSE I ABLIGED. A FEW MILES LATER 15 TO20 PRONGHORN SHEEP WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO MY LEFT GRAZING. AND THE LAST CRITTERS OF THE DAY WAS CUSTERS OWN HERD OF WILD BURROW. NOT TO WILD AS ONE WALKED UP AND LIPPED MY HAND S TO SEE IF I HAD ANYTHING GOOD TO EAT. THEN OFF TO CRAZYHORSE, ITS 235X BIGGER IN SCALE THEN MT RUSHMORE, BUT ONLY THE HEAD IS DONE. A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WAS FELT THERE, A CALMING PEACE, A HARMONY WITH THE LAND AND SPIRIT. THOSE KNOW THROUGH THE YEARS I'VE HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS AND FELT A PRESENCE WITH ME, MULTIPLY THAT BY A 1000 TODAY! NOW I'M IN GILLETTE WYOMING WHERE THUNDERSTORMS,3 IN A ROW, GREETED ME AS I APPROACHED. YELLOWSTONE TOMORROW, STAY TUNED.