Mt Rushmore

I used to think that if you've seen pictures of Mt. Rushmore, then you know what it looks like and there's no reason to go.  But we are here, so we might as well go.  I was wrong, it's pretty cool! 

See the rock just to the left of Washington's head?  That was supposed to be Jefferson's place, but the rock there was thin, so they blew up the work done so far and stuck Jefferson in between Washington and Roosevelt.  Doesn't it look like it now that you know the story?

The other thing I learned was that each president represents a different part of the US history from founding to union to the 20th century.

And they have ice cream!

We saw Rushmore from lots of different locations in the Black Hills.  From the pigtail bridges, which were just too cool in their own right.

From the highway to Wind Cave, I'll write about that tomorrow.

Go presidents!!