the catch-up (+ south dakota)
not going to bother apologizing for the absence of posts. you know, stuff happens. moved back to america, freaked out for a while about all the new-old stuff, settled in to work and the Colorado lifestyle. Couple months ago, took a weekender to South Dakota, covering Wind Cave National Park: (cave "boxwork") Custer State Park: (buffalo showing the cars who's boss) And Mount Rushmore: (Mount Rushmore made me feel this strange pride to be American and also felt angry that they defaced such a pretty mountain by carving the heads of some old dead white dudes in it) Rushmore was about what I expected: touristy; expensive parking; lots of foreigners with huge SLR cameras and fat americans eating ice cream. Go USA! Wish I had time for Badlands, but this was just a quick weekend getaway up north. I'd recommend a visit to the Black Hills and Custer for anyone; nice change of pace.