#5 - Visit a New National Park

November 9, 2009 - Wind Cave National Park, SD - In the week prior to my marathon, I flew out to Billings, MT to meet up with my friend Kana. She was out there for six months doing trail conservation work with the Montana Conservation Corps and was planning to run the marathon with me. She had her car out there but needed to get it back to CT, so we decided a two-week road trip was in order, with a marathon in the middle. We left Billings on Sunday the 8th and drove to Wind Cave NP for the night. In the morning, we went for a run (saw some bison on the way) and then toured the cave. Upon hitting the road again, we also stopped by the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore.



Inside the cave:


Ha! Skunkbush!


The original cave opening:


Climbing in:


Filling the void:


Checking out the other cave:


Crazy Kana at Crazy Horse (note how full the car is):


Jimmy loves George: