City of Presidents
Rapid City, Star of the West, is also known as the City of Presidents. On several street corners there are life size bronze statues of past U.S. Presidents. I'm partial to this one because it's so lifelike.
Yes, I've manipulated this pix a bit. I wanted to deemphasize the cluttered background and focus on the statue. I kind of like this. It looks like only about 30 Presidents are represented. I wonder if the project is still going on?
In other news, we went to the Rushmore Mall to find a Radio Shack to replace our LNB on the satellite dish. That's what gets us TV. Ours failed, again. Who knows how long it's been out because we watch very little TV. I wanted to see The Closer on TNT the other night and ...no go. So we got the new LNB and all's well again. In addition, the old one is under warranty so we'll get a free replacement for the next time it goes out. Seems they are like light bulbs.
Walking the mall was not a comfy experience. My knee really is painful after several minutes of walking so I'm not sure that improvement is in the works. I did take a bike ride last night and that does not hurt. But I don't think we'll be going to Mt. Rushmore this time around. Too much walking.
Today is a typical hot, windy day at Hart Ranch. I was going to do laundry and hang out at the clubhouse but I'm so lazy today that it's midafternoon and I haven't had lunch yet. My kind of day :)
We did discover a new Olive Garden at the mall so we continued our anniversary celebrations with an early dinner there yesterday. What a deal! Soup, salad and entrees for $23 for two. I sure wanted dessert, like a frozen tiramisu, but there was no room left. Instead I settled for a Black Cow for late dinner! Oh, by the way, the Black Cow Diet does not work :)