We spent most of the morning and early afternoon doing two hikes in Custer State Park. Even though it was a free entry day, we didn't see a lot of other people. Our first hike was the Stockade Lake Trail, a 1.5 mile loop trail that had us climbing uphill and clambering over rocks. I don't understand how this hike could be uphill in both directions, but it sure felt that way. We decided on one more, less strenuous, hike. The hike around Legion Lake, a one-mile loop, was listed as "Easy." Well, there were more hills and rocks to climb over, but the view of the lake was beautiful. After a picnic lunch at Legion Lake, we headed for the Crazy Horse Memorial. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski was chosen by Chief Standing Bear and his fellow Lakota leaders to design the monument and carve it out of the rock of the mountainside. Work began in 1948 and continues to this day. It will probably take several more generations of Ziolkowskis before Korczak's vision is completed. We learned that Korczak Ziolkowski was friends with McDonald's founder Ray Kroc. There is a bust of Kroc sculpted by Ziolkowski in the Crazy Horse museum (see last photo).
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