Here Tony (L)(Netherlands), Sandy (R) and me get our picture taken by Dan, one of our great routers, in front of one of several tunnels made through the solid rock on Needles Highway in South Dakota. We climbed over 2,000 feet, often struggling with the steep hills but reached the top and then had a fast down of several miles. Some of us compared the up to waiting in line for hours to ride a roller coaster... and the "down" like a drop from a 2,000 foot roller coaster hill for over 35 minutes at 25- to 35 miles per hour through beautiful pine forest. The "Needles" actually refers to tall stone structures like in the next blog. If you look closely to the left you'll see Mount Rushmore's famous faces between the trees at the turn in Needles Highway!
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