Saturday, August 17, 2013

Mount Rushmore



                                     Our next stop was Mount Rushmore
This is a very spectacular place.  When you think about the work that it took to complete this project, it is amazing that it was accomplished.


George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
 Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.







Because it was July 3rd, they had a moving  patriotic program in the evening, and then
they light the monument.  It is a very beautiful sight.



 The scenery is spectacular, with winding roads, tunnels, 400 bends, 22 switchbacks
and 3 pigtail bridges
 




Part of the scenic drive is where a lot of
buffalo roam.  They are certainly not afraid of people.


Behind us is a 
new monument which is being sculpted.  It is of Chief Crazy Horse.  It will be much larger than Mount Rushmore, if it is ever completed.

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