Picto Diary - 02, 03 May 2016 - Black Hills

Moose across street from our home. Park City, UT. 8:00pm. 02 May 2016.

Photo quality: Imagine it as an art piece?

Above: Black Hills, South Dakota. 03 May 2016.

Image captured out of left side of Boeing 757 en route to New York JFK.

Think, Sturgis... the annual motorcycle rally that attracts over 300K people annually.

Think, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse statues...

Think, Deadwood, then... brought to life by the excellent HBO television series and its topic, Wild Bill Hickock (assassinated in Deadwood 02 August 1876 by a cowardly assassin with a shot from behind. And, Hickock's pal, Calamity Jane. And who can forget Al Swearengen?

Think pre Deadwood... US government giving the Black Hills to Crazy Horse and the Sioux, then taking it back again when gold was found in them thar (sic) hills. Crazy Horse wasn't happy. What a troublemaker. Didn't know his place in the grand scheme of things.

Think Dr. G living in nearby Crow Agency.

Think Deadwood now... two bit casinos and Kevin Costner's "not bad" restaurant, "The Midnight Star."

Think nearby... Devils Tower, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Badlands National Park.

Addendum


Do not like participation trophies. Meaningless and misleading. To get a trophy should require thirst for achievement, extra work, goal accomplished, and then recognition that the foregoing produced a noteworthy achievement. That is the important life-lesson.

Hoops,
Pelham, NY

The misplaced sense of entitlement evidenced by the millennials (safe zones at colleges, expectation of coddling at work environments etc..) derives from an over emphasis by parents and educators on obtaining self esteem without accomplishment. "Everybody gets a trophy" is not the real world.


You need to read the Matheny Manifesto. He is the Manager for the St Louis Cardinals. Said he would only coach a little league team of orphans. Kids are great the parents (grandparents) are the problem. He talks about this very issue. In life there are winners and losers.

Excellent read…really

Dr. Bill,
Mesa, AZ