Luckily, nothing too paranormal happened to us while we stayed in the flint hills. The next day, we went to Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments. If you have never been to either of these, you really should take the time to go. Pictures just don't capture the enormity of these monuments.
There hasn't been much else accomplished on Crazy Horse since the last time I visited it almost ten years ago. I really thought that was a shame until I heard the story. Crazy Horse is being carved by one man and his family. A few years ago, that man died, so now it's down to two kids that are working on it. Those kids and a pickup truck are at the base of the statue right where the horse's head will be just beyond the first chunk of engraved rock. Can you see them? Apparently, beyond the visitor's center there will someday be a Native American museum and college at the base of the mountain. Crazy Horse is entirely funded on tourism and private donations, they refuse to take money from the government to build the monument. There is some controversy among the Lakota on whether or not they even want this monument. First of all, they say this guy looks like a Sioux. Others say they don't want the monument at all. I feel that no matter what your views are on this, what is being done is being done, and it would be a shame not to finish it. This is what it will look like when it is completed.
Luckily, nothing too paranormal happened to us while we stayed in the flint hills. The next day, we went to Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments. If you have never been to either of these, you really should take the time to go. Pictures just don't capture the enormity of these monuments. 
There hasn't been much else accomplished on Crazy Horse since the last time I visited it almost ten years ago. I really thought that was a shame until I heard the story. Crazy Horse is being carved by one man and his family. A few years ago, that man died, so now it's down to two kids that are working on it. Those kids and a pickup truck are at the base of the statue right where the horse's head will be just beyond the first chunk of engraved rock. Can you see them? Apparently, beyond the visitor's center there will someday be a Native American museum and college at the base of the mountain. Crazy Horse is entirely funded on tourism and private donations, they refuse to take money from the government to build the monument. There is some controversy among the Lakota on whether or not they even want this monument. First of all, they say this guy looks like a Sioux. Others say they don't want the monument at all. I feel that no matter what your views are on this, what is being done is being done, and it would be a shame not to finish it. This is what it will look like when it is completed. 
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