Friday, May 17, 2013

Mount Rushmore

We drove out to Mount Rushmore this evening.  My thought was that we could go later in the day and stay for the illumination.  I had been reading on-line about it and it wasn't getting rave reviews by any means.  However, I remember the first time we were here and when we got set up at the RV park, we drove out to Mount Rushmore later in the evening and it was lit.  Unfortunately, my camera was in the 5th wheel.  :-(  So, I thought we'd give it another try.  We get there and they want $11.00 to park.  I had also read about this on-line.  The money doesn't even go to the government, it goes to the concessions company.  We decided that since we have already been here and have excellent pictures from that trip, we were not going to pay to park.  Bob has a golden passport that gives us free access to all national parks, but that does not cover this ridiculous parking fee.  So, we drove around the monument and left.  Tomorrow we are going earlier so we can visit the Borglum Museum and get some souvenirs.  We are also going to Bear Country, USA which is a drive-through animal park (weather permitting) that is close to our park. 
 
The entrance

One of many deer we saw in the area 

The Memorial

Mount Rushmore

Another angle

Profile of George Washington

Another profile

George

There are some beautiful rock formations in the area

Another view

 
 

Another angle as we were leaving

This woodcarver is in Keystone (population 327),
which is where the memorial is located.  He is
very talented!

Check out this bench...

An eagle bike. 

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