Mount Rushmore National Memorial Keystone

If you remember a few posts ago, I was very (very!) disappointed with Cheyenne. Well, you'll be pleased to hear that I've found it ... up in South Dakota. The town of Custer - surrounded by (all sing) the Black Hills, the Black Hills of (South) Dakota is exactly how I thought Cheyenne would be. One main road with a mixture of wooden and brick …

I have to check out Mount Rushmore if I'm in the Black Hills. Take a photo or two …

Mount Rushmore...what can one say? Greatness multiplied. From the monument's scope (a testament to human achievement and spirit) to the great men who are portrayed in it (they, who shaped a nation), you just can't help but feel inspired to do great things yourself. …

Leaving Sundance, WY, we traveled Southeast to Deadwood, South Dakota, infamous for its Wild West history in the late 1870s (the town proudly embraces its fame for that period in time, including "gambling, whoring, and gunfighting"). Foremost in the town's plethora of historical figures is Wild Bill Hickok, famous for being shot down during a poker …

After leaving Little Bighorn Battlefield,we left Montana, drove through a part of Wyoming, and then through South Dakota. We saw Mount Rushmore and spent the night at Sioux Falls, SD. South Dakota was pretty cool, and had a surprising amount of people. They also have lots of random stores like Scandinavia Stores, Christmas Village, Bear Country, …

Op tijd weg, weer mooi weer, dat mag wel gezegd worden want we hebben in al deze weken nog geen slecht weer gehad. Koen en ik hadden het wel wat (te) warm in New York en ook in de desert was het mischien wel iets te warm maar regen hebben we op wat druppels na nog niet gezien. Mijn jas heb ik nadat ik hem vanuit Dordrecht meegenomen heb nog niet …

This granite sculpture is magnificent. The park is beautiful. Seeing these monuments opens the realization how small we are in the scheme of life. This trip make me wonder what great splendors will we see in future generations! To me it's hard to imagine anything will surpass these wonders!

Enjoy......on to Jewel Cave

Well today we were tourists. Woke up, had a relaxing breakfast (Pat cooks a 6 course meal on a single burner in the RV and also brings along her Tassimo so we can all enjoy a good cup of coffee), and did the usual things that city folk do - Isaac went for a paddle boat ride (yes, he got to steer), Aviva and Adilynn drove funky bikes (KOA specials …

Entry containing 70 photos titled: Mt. Rushmore

We had an awesome day today. We drove to Wall Drug in South Dakota. We got some fresh donuts. Lisa got a cup of coffee for a nickel. Then it was off to Mount Rushmore. It was really big. We took a hike around the park to see the presidents at different angles. The monument is quite spectacular. Please see all of the great pictures. Next we went to …

After a rousing morning of shoveling snow in Rapid City, we took my roommate to see Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which is just a few minutes outside the city. He'd done some traveling in the U.S., but he hadn't seen much of the American West yet. ...

... rally is in town.  It began on 8/4 and they expect about 500,000 motorcycles.  As we traveled through Keystone near Mt. Rushmore, they had a street blocked off and there were parked motorcycles as far as the eye could see.  I feel out of ...

... at all. Since it was already dark, we spend the night close to Keystone. Keystone is a very touristic place 2 miles down the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. In the moring we decided to save the 10$ and walk our way up. We were the only once walking and ...

... the food.  Again the experience was a neat one though,and we can say we did it.  Then, we made our way into Mt. Rushmore!  It was the coolest to just see it out the car window as if it was something you see every day.  We ran into a ...

We spent quite a bit of time at Mount Rushmore walking the trails and taking photos.   It is amazing to see the studio models that Borglum used to create the sculpture, along with the equipment they used to do that from the side of the ...

... /09 Up and out of the motel at 8am and back on the road. General took the wheel and off we headed once again in search of Mount Rushmore. Just before we hit South Dakota (SD – State 12) we stopped at Luverne for fuel fill up. We then stopped at the ...

... , and we are about to experience the masses...Sturgis is August 6 - 13.  The afternoon was spent sightseeing at Mount Rushmore.  That was nice...I think I expected it to be fun but it was magnificent and informational instead...not ...

... Tower which has huge religious significance for the native Americans. From the Tower to another huge piece of American history – Mount Rushmore, where Roger, my pirate parrot, became the firth president to grace the side of the mountain. OK, not ...

... started to come back in again. We did not get the morning sun pictures we had hoped for, but we did get to see Mount Rushmore. It is pretty impressive. After  that we started our trek south to Nebraska. Next stop Hot Springs, SD Peg's Additions: I ...

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