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Today
we went to a cave in South Dakota called Wind Cave. It is called that because
the pressure in the cave is either higher or lower than the air outside it, and
wind rushes out trying to reach equilibrium. Wind Cave is also the
largest collection of box-work rock in the U.S. Honestly
this was one of the most interesting things that we have seen since we
came to South Dakota. Apart from Rushmore and the Badlands it has been mostly
ranch land and power lines. On the way back to our camp site we went through a
place called the Needles Highway. The Needles Highway is a place that has
these big spires of rock and looks really cool. This
was actually where people wanted Gutzon Borglum to sculpt the
presidents instead of on Rushmore, but he claimed that they were too
narrow, and it would be disproportionate. Besides, the rock would
crumble the second he started blasting. My favorite part was a
place we stopped called the Eye of the Needle.
Next stop: Mount Rushmore
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