7-16-2020 Rapid City

Doing a little more exploring around Rapid City.  In the hills outside of town is a Beautiful Church, which is a replica of a 800 year old church in Norway (Lutheran).  The church "The Chapel in the Hills" was built in 1968 and is still active.  From what the Volunteer told us, many visiting pastors carry on services here.  Many come for a vacation and stay in the church's minister's quarters, at no cost to them, effectively giving then a free vacation.  From there we went downtown and had a late lunch, early dinner at the Firehouse Brewery and Winery.  Cecile did some wine tasting, then we took a walk around downtown.  They have a "Presidential Walk" which includes statues of all the presidents on corners throughout the downtown area.  They are laid out so as to give no preference to any party of certain presidents.  We walked around a couple of blocks and saw a dozen or so.


Chapel in the Hills



Interior


Bell Tower


Back of the Church



Ornamental Woodwork



Cecile with Ole


Colin with Lena


Firehouse Brewery and Winery



Wine Tasting


Statue of John Adams


Statue of  George H W Bush


Cecile with Ronald Reagan


Statue of Andrew Johnson


Statue of Jimmy Carter


Statue of Gerald Ford


Statue of Thomas Jefferson 


Statue of  John Quincy Adams

Scenic Drive - Spearfish Canyon & Deadwood

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