Day 42 - Mount Rushmore & Crazy Horse Mountain

Hey hey hey, tour guide, where to today? Mount Rushmore? Why do we have to rush more? Oh ok, it's a National Park, I was just trying a little humor. Yes I know humor is a difficult concept. 

 

Holy cow tour, are we here already?  Wow, that was a fast trip for a change.  Oh, it's a National Monument. 

 

Yabadabado, CJ is a stamping machine. Good Job CJ. 

 

So this is Mount Rushmore?  Who are those guys up there?  Presidents? of what? oh, past presidents of the United States. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln. More about them later. 

 

Are we close to the top yet?  What do you mean we can't climb these rocks?  Hey tour guide, This sure was a lot of work all for naught. Oh well, back down the rocks we go. 

 

Hey tour guide, it's clobbering time. KW, what do you mean?  Well, isn't that the Thing up there?   Well, it sure looks like it to me. Oh brother tour guide, you have no imagination. 

 

Hey tour guide, What is it now KW? Look over there. It's Imhotep coming back to life, and that may be Ankh-es-en-amon beside him. That is scary. Oh tour guide, you really don't have an imagination do you?  I'm not sure what those other two are yet. I'll keep my eye on them. 

 

 

Wow, it really looks cool from down here in the ampitheater. 

 

Hey tour guide, are we going to Crazy Horse mountain next. Yes KW, sit back and enjoy the ride. 

 

This is a work in progress. It was started in 1948. It is worked on by one family and only donations. 

 

 

This is what it will look like when its completed. 

 

TTFN:

PS ..... The Presidents of Mount Rushmore. 

Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents: George Washington(1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).

The four presidents carved on Mount Rushmore National Memorial represent key themes of the nation’s history. Symbolizing freedom, liberty and the power of a dream, they have stood for 75 years high above the Black Hills, inspiring generations of families and visitors from all over the world.