Travel Blogs from Mt. Rushmore, United States
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Mount Rushmore & The Badlands
The drive from Denver to Mt Rushmore was fairly uneventful, we found a little campground only 2 miles from Mt Rushmore. We tried to get up early and somehow failed, we eventually got out about 11am. We went to see Mt Rushmore, which is free to get in, ...
South Dakota
... is a MUST stop if in the area - but not a special trip just to go there. In other words, if you are on your way to Mt Rushmore from either direction - plan to stop at Wall Drug just to the East. Speaking of Mt Rushmore - It is an awesome place. Now we ...
Mt Rushmore & Minnesota Mud Fest Adventures
... , South Dakota. Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Twice we went to the monument ...
Ice Cream with the Presidents
... process and why each of the 4 were chosen to be on the mountain- he felt that these 4 demonstrated various virtues that the United States was proud to be born of...we also learned that no one died during the process of the sculpting, although near the ...
Leaving the Lytle's
... and said goodbye to the Lytle's this morning. We had our longest day of driving today. It took us about 7 hours to get to Mt. Rushmore. It was another beautiful drive for the most part. The 'Big Horn National Park' was full of amazing rock formations. It ...
Mt. Rushmore
... Mr...I don't care about history...wanted his own audio phone and so we said...why not. You know he was more facinated with Mt. Rushmore than any other historical activity we had ever done. It could be that it was because Mt. Rushmore is on the ...
Toured Nuke Silo, Badlands, Mt Rushmore
... rocks are beautiful. We saw some wildlife along the 30 miles of road through the Badlands. We again headed west and then south to Mt. Rushmore the clouds and rain gave way to a good view of the Presidents. We had dinner in the parking lot waiting for the ...
Day 3 Mt Rushmore
... King are not on there! Though he does know agree that Lincoln is one of the "dudes" It's not cheesy! It's the traditional Mt Rushmore tourist picture! We tried so hard to get James to smile. But he just couldn't do it. We miss the days when ...
Mt. Rushmore and a long day's drive
... be there in an RV when the hogs are rolling through! Our National Park senior pass (free admission virtually everywhere) didn't work at Mt. Rushmore; it's a vendor-operated site. $10 to park on the top level of a several story parking garage, then a short ...
Mt Rushmore & Yellowstone National Park
I have planned a short trip to visit to American Presidents in South Dakoda. Mt Rushmore. I will be leaving Calgary on Friday 1st August and drive through the USA for the first time via Montana. My first stop will be in Helena, to pick up camping ...
21 foot nose! Impressive!
... consisted of about 2-3 blocks of stores down either side of the street, and then back to the road up for another 2 miles to Mt. Rushmore. When you pay your car entrance fee, it's pretty sweet, because it lasts until the end of the calendar year, so I ...
A PERFECT LAST DAY
... to bad weather. Drove 400 miles to South Dakota. Stayed in Custer State Park. Today we toured Mount Rushmore National Monument and Badlands National Park. On the way to Rushmore we drove through Custer State Park and the wildlife ...
Mt. Rushmore
Well, spent a couple days here. I cannot belive how much there is to see and do here! From the monuments.. and.. to seeing the presidents being light at night... and.. Pretty incredible!! Along the way, got an ice cream ...
July 2, 2004
... 2, we drove over to Mt. Rushmore. We met up with Aunt Kathe, Uncle Fred, and my 2nd cousins. We all watched a film about Mt. Rushmore in the Visitors Center, and then walked around the Presidential Trail, a boardwalk that circles around the ...
July 3, 2004
On July 3, we ate dinner with my extended family, and then we drove to some remote rock a little ways behind Mt. Rushmore. We sat there and saw a B1 Bomber fly by. And then, when dark came, we watched the fireworks. They were pretty big, but pretty ...
First Stop the Badlands
... for being famous. Unless you are shopping for shot glasses, key chains, and other doodads, the charm is very limited. We hit Mt. Rushmore on a spectacularly clear day. Again, I had been there as a child and North by Northwest is one of my favorite ...
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