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oh, oh, OHIO
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Black Hills
selfportrait out of despair

Traveling and traveling, beard and eye bags are growing
Look, a fifth president!

We finally dedicate some time to tourist events, so we decide to pay a visit to Mt. Rushmore
... I can almost hear the drums beating

... prairie again, approaching the ...

BLACK HILLS !
Crazy Horse, an Indian hero

A few miles from Mt. Rushmore, another big (and I mean it) statue, the size of a mountain, is being carved in the stone: this one is celebrating Crazy Horse, the brave Indian chief
It's hard to take a picture with so many people around ...

Black Hills - Needle Valley: tourists grow everywhere, like mushrooms
Hi there!
How come, no buffalos?

Buffalo spotting in the Black Hills
Buffalo Xing

And we finally meet a few, with the side effect we get trapped in the herd, but buffalos are peaceful animals (unless you upset them ...)
It looks kind of a giant shock absorber ...
Why did you park in the middle ... Oh, Okay.

Please sir, can you give us the way? We're late for dinner ...

Wood/metal bridge on the 20 West, on our way to Gillette, South Dakota

Thanks, sponsors!I finally got some sponsors.
But they want me to work.
I wonder why.

So I have to improvise an office in the motel room, and go back to my everyday duties.
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