Towards the Rising Sun

We're on the way back to Indiana. What wonders we've seen! I'm sorry it hasn't worked out to be in touch for a few days, and I appreciate that you're still checking on us. Thanks.

We got back to the Garden of the Gods for another stroll among those magnificent red rock monoliths. Our day at Mount Rushmore was beautiful and fun. There's a museum where displays show the technical side of carving the massive presidential faces out of solid granite. In the evening we returned to the amphitheater for a ranger talk, a movie about the four presidents displayed (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt), the striking of the colors, and illumination of the carving. They invited all military veterans present to go to the stage and tell their names and place of service. Very moving! Our last stops in South Dakota were at "world-famous Wall Drug" and the Badlands (they really are "bad").

We finished memorizing Psalm 65 with this:
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest;
[We've been driving through abundant harvests of grain!]
Even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
The wilderness becomes a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.
The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep,
And the valleys are carpeted with grian.
They all shout and sing for joy!

I'm feeling so well. Thanks for your prayers.
Joyfully,
Carol