Saturday, October 8, 2011

Minuteman missile and Mt. Rushmore

Friday we fought a terrific wind trying to drive around to see the sights.   We toured a Minuteman missile command center and also the missile silo.  The photo of the missile is the actual missile underground with the nuclear warhead deactivated.   The command center shown is 90 feet underground with 4.5 feet thick concrete around it.  They were taken out of service in 1993 with one of the treaties with Russia.    It was very interesting.   Today Saturday,  the weather turned worse with cold and rain.   We seen Mt. Rushmore and headed to Custer State Park where we are camped.   Here are some photos.  The indian photo was taken at Wall Drug.